I saw a lot of political mudslinging in this set of pictures dealing some with the 2004 Presidential election. However, I was surprised to see a picture from the political scene of the Soviet Union. I myself am a Russian major so this particular photo interested me quite a bit. Looking at the first picture, we can see Leon Trotsky, one of the fathers of the infamous Revolution, proudly smiling with other Party leaders. But, in the next picture, he is completely washed out. The Party even painted in the empty spaces for added realism. Simply put, the Party doctored photos where Trotsky could be seen with other officials. In retrospect, the early Soviets tried to alter history itself! This would be extremely harmful if by some chance we did not have the original photo set such as this. It would be quite unfortunate to have a skewed view of history just because a particular individual was exiled from his own country.
I agree with you about the history being altered. It definitely could be a bit harmful.
ReplyDeleteI also agree. I think tampering with history can be detrimental.
ReplyDeleteinteresting photo, i enjoyed your take on it
ReplyDeleteI think that it is strange that the Soviets tried to alter the history itself because it is harmful.
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