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eppur_se_muova

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1. The soviets were really bad about this, long before digital photography.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 09:15 AM

May 2024

They would edit out whole people -- purged Party officials -- from official photos.

Beria was purged from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia by having three pages cut out and replaced with other topics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Soviet_Encyclopedia#Damnatio_memoriae

My dad used to have a photography book which explained the techniques for retouching film photos. Wish I had it now, just for historical reference.

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A picture's worth a thousand words ... but only some of them tell the whole truth [View all] sl8 May 2024 OP

The soviets were really bad about this, long before digital photography. eppur_se_muova May 2024 #1

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