just to remind that, even before photo-manipulation software and digital photography became the default, photographers regularly edited photographs in the darkroom during exposure. It’s not difficult to prevent scars & blemishes from appearing on the final print.
Yeah, I’d like a source too. The pic has been floating around a lot, first time I hear it’s edited.
This version is on Wikipedia, no mention of it being modified (it looks different from the one in OP but as far as I see just due to sharpness and contrast):
So, it has to be admitted that there’s no strong, direct evidence for it. The main argument in that thread is that he’s supposed to have some scarring, but none of the other photos from the time period show them either, so the guy just concludes they all must’ve been edited.
And yes, the look is somewhat different from the other photos, mainly the eyes, more widely open than on the other pics. But people can hold different facial expressions…
This is your reminder that that pic of Stalin was HEAVILY edited by the KGB to make him look more handsome.
just to remind that, even before photo-manipulation software and digital photography became the default, photographers regularly edited photographs in the darkroom during exposure. It’s not difficult to prevent scars & blemishes from appearing on the final print.
Yeah, I’d like a source too. The pic has been floating around a lot, first time I hear it’s edited.
This version is on Wikipedia, no mention of it being modified (it looks different from the one in OP but as far as I see just due to sharpness and contrast):
Since it took me a while to understand :
The top pictures are Stalin and Hasan Piker. The bottom pics are Trotskij and Sam Hyde.
Sam Hyde is associated with alt-right edgy internet subcultures, while Hasan Piker is a prominent left-wing political commentators on Twitch.
After winning a creator boxing match in 2022, Hyde issued an aggressive, surreal callout to Piker. He generally dismissed or ignored the challenge.
You actually understood it better than I did, and I posted it, lol
He had smallpox at age 6 and was heavily scarred on his face and neck. Looking for pre-edit photos if I can find them.
Source? If you don’t provide any I’m going to assume it’s propaganda/cope.
I mean they’re the same group that released these images of Lenin, were they also doctored?
https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/46123/when-did-josef-wissarionowitsch-become-sexy-stalin
Wow, solid. Thanks for following up
Not even ascribing any value judgments to damage done by a childhood disease. I just wanted to see how the photos were changed
So, it has to be admitted that there’s no strong, direct evidence for it. The main argument in that thread is that he’s supposed to have some scarring, but none of the other photos from the time period show them either, so the guy just concludes they all must’ve been edited.
And yes, the look is somewhat different from the other photos, mainly the eyes, more widely open than on the other pics. But people can hold different facial expressions…
I mean, ok. You can choose to believe in sexy Stalin if you want. ¯\(ツ)/¯
It’s not going to make much of a difference for me either way, I don’t like people just because they’re sexy.
You dropped an arm there, btw, here you go: \
Make sure you reinforce it this time, type it like this:
\\Thanks for the arm tip, I always forget. Have a keyboard shortcut in my phone for that guy, haha.
Now his arms are short, wtf 😓
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯Turns out it takes three slashes, one has to block the underscores from italicising the middle
Ok sorry but that’s kind of hilarious
It’s not even a bit. They just do that
asking for a source(s) to back up a claim is perfectly reasonable thing to do, .ml user or notoops conflated you with the original poster of the main comment sorry
You hate Malaysians or something?
that sounds like an interesting read, please do post a reference if you can!
Jokes aside I’m actually curious too