From: Thom Mitchell (tjmitch@ix.netcom.com)
Date: 02/28/03-12:20:22 PM Z
Dick, There's a book out featuring images that were cleansed or changed with
the changing times, can't remember the title but it featured multiple Stalin
images that changed over time reflecting who was in and then out of the
inner circle. More propaganda than censorship, but possibly relevant. A lot
of war photography books mention that the first Photographic censorship
occurred during the Crimean war preventing photos of the dead from being
taken. I am not sure if you want to include War photography in general
because as a subset access was/is controlled except notably in Vietnam.
Where access was fairly wide open allowing for many well know
photojournalists to make their mark as well as ending up dead. Journalism
texts and the Freedom of Information center might be good places to start
looking because Sunshine laws and the resulting access for photography.
Here's the link for FOI
http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww/
Also is it considered censorship to prevent a photographer from making
an image? If so than there are many more instances...
And I too would like to see the result of your scholarship. Thanks, Thom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Sullivan" <richsul@earthlink.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 11:48
Subject: Photographic censorship question
> I need some help on some research I am beginning.
>
> I am interested in historical events surrounding the suppression or
> censoring of photographs especially specific photographs or tight bodies
of
> work that became issues of public censorship as opposed to grotesque,
> revolting, or hard to look at photographs that were exhibited but not
> censored.
>
> I've got a grip on the well known events of the recent past such as the
> Cleveland-Barry-Mapplethorpe, Seranno, Sturges, Witkin, Livingston, Mann,
> etc. I am most interested in events of the last 20 or 30 years not as well
> known and especially ones from the 60's on back.
>
> The scope is international. Soviet, Nazi, or other settings are welcome.
> The scope may be regional as well.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> --Dick Sullivan
>
>
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