• maccruiskeen [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I read somewhere that it was actually in the opposite order - that the guy was added in next to Stalin retroactively. You can see a white aura around him suggesting that they wiped away the background and put him there after the picture was taken. I dont actually know the history though

      • Uncle [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I don't know anything about this photo, but in the days of film, adding something to a photo was far easier than painting it out.

      • JayTwo [any]
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        4 years ago

        Nah, the pic without him in it is the later one.

        The one with him in it isn't lightened. The one without him in it is intentionally overexposed, so that the airbrushing isn't as apparent.

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        Previous thread here talking about it: https://hexbear.net/post/49963

        Edit: one moment my phone browser doesn't like to copy thread urls there we go

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      whatever bullshit William Randolph Hearst poisoned the well with

    • Qelp [they/them,she/her]
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      4 years ago

      i have no clue lol, i always see it posted by people trying to "own the tankies" n shit

    • JayTwo [any]
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      4 years ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Yezhov#Legacy