The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art: The

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a stock image not a photo of the book you will receive. Cover design and colour may vary. Stock image does not show any wear and tear that the book may have. The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin s Russia Author: David King Format: Other book format Publisher: Tate Publishing Published: 2014 Condition: Standard Secondhand. A good used copy. May have some shelf wear or previous-owner marks. Dispatched within one working day from our Yorkshire warehouse. Free UK delivery. About this book The Commissar Vanishes offers a chilling look at how Joseph Stalin manipulated the science of photography to advance his own political career and to erase the memory of his victims. On Stalin s orders, purged rivals were airbrushed from group portraits, and crowd scenes were altered to depict even greater legions of the faithful. For example, a 1919 photograph showing a large crowd of Bolsheviks clustered around Lenin, became, with the aid of the retoucher, an intimate portrait of Lenin and Stalin sitting alone, and then, in a later version, of Stalin by himself. In each case, the juxtaposition of the original and the doctored images yields a fascinating - and often terrifying and tragic - insight into one of the darkest chapters of modern history.

• ISBN: 9781849762519
• Condition: Good

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