Commissar Vanishes

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1. munchlerOct 2024
   I would refer you to an interesting book called “The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia”.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commissar_Vanishes

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2. pmoriartyJul 2020
   "One assumes that this has been going on since print media has existed"

   For an interesting look in to this, see The Commissar Vanishes: The falsification of images in Stalin's Russia.

   https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/08/commissar-vanishes...

   https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Phot...

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3. regehrApr 2015
   Awesome books on this topic:

   http://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Photo...

   http://www.amazon.com/Photo-Fakery-History-Deception-Manipul...

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4. klsDec 2011
   There is a good photo book called The Commissar Vanishes, that covers the topic of early Soviet era photo manipulation. It's a great book that covers some of the history of photo manipulation in propaganda.
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5. mturmonMay 2010
   The book "The Commissar Vanishes" presents bunch of before-and-after photographs in which various of Stalin's associates and henchmen are removed from photos after they become persona non grata. Some examples:

   http://tfustudios.blogspot.com/2009/11/commissar-vanishes.ht...

   The first photo above shows an eerie example: So many of the commissars have been removed from the official history, that Stalin is alone in the photo.

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