Anthony, What struck me when going through those web archives was that so few of her portraits featured a cigarette. Makes me wonder how extensive the history rewriting is... Somehow it's difficult to believe that they've systematically removed every little fag they could come over just because public attitude has shifted away from smoking. It would be very scary indeed if they did.
Jostein 2008/10/13 Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AlunFoto >> (snip) >> Now it looks like the artist has "improved" the shot to hint at her >> smoking habit. (snip) > > Agreed. It seems to me that the artist, with access to the unaltered > original (which we haven't found on the web), has omitted the cigarette at > his client's (US Postal Service)request, but changed little else. The > earlier airbrush retouching seems more invasive in order to resolve the > 'empty hand' effect that just erasing the cigarette creates. I suspect that > the postage stamp rendition is more authentic than the "Bette Davis Speaks" > version of the picture, within the limitations of political correctness. > Apparently the postage stamp artist wants us to know that the cigarette is > missing, but the biography artist wanted to conceal the fact. > > Regards, Anthony > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
