ThornsyAgain
ThornsyAgain t1_j47eaqw wrote
Reply to comment by hibearmate in Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the Great Depression, more than a third were “killed”. by VinkyStagina
They don't edit by physically ruining the pictures they don't choose. They even say that in the article.
ThornsyAgain t1_j47gwsv wrote
Reply to Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the Great Depression, more than a third were “killed”. by VinkyStagina
Finally an article on the history of photography. Surprisingly little scholarship on this. Let's be clear: an editor isn't supposed to ruin the pictures they don't choose! Seems weird for people on a history sub to be ok with the destruction of historical artifacts.
That said I like the author's examination of said ruined photos through the context of Barth's punctum. Also like her argument that Stryker's editing both subverted America's view of itself, in terms of poverty, but also reinforced it through the absence of POC.