The reading was interesting, history has been something i like. reading about how some moment of photographs can be staged/faked changed my importance of a photograph. It made me appreciate the sincerity of how it was taken. To some extent i knew as far as manipulation its feasible, but not in the case of Edward S. Curtis.
Infamous to a certain extent for staging his pictures of Native Americans. Even though they were presented nicely, it was there mannerisms and positions that made them lose their life. However in Richard Throssel's case, his renditions had the aesthetic and movement in each picture. but if you were to see all three you could barely tell the difference,
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