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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.

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hibearmate t1_j47eog8 wrote

I just think people are thinking this was some kind of malicious act to destroy history or something

and not a guy doing a job with an eye towards history, by selecting the photos that best communicated the harshness, emotions, and toll of that moment in history was having in the subjects

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