The book will be of interest to scholars working in history of photography, art history, visual culture, Russian studies and Russian history and politics. The practice in question is more harrowing and morally twisted, for in most cases the photos were defaced by those who were part of victim's intimate circle: his/her colleagues, friends or even close family members. He argues that this kind of political iconoclasm cannot be confused with censorship nor vandalism. By Jason Fulford (Artist), Greg Wooten (Text by (Art/Photo Books)). The LP covers were selected from the collection of Greg Wooten, a Los Angeles-based collector, musician and design purveyor. To approach this extensive visual material, Denis Skopin draws on a wealth of Stalin-era written sources: memoirs, diaries and official documents. Marred for Life: Defaced Record Covers from the Collection of Greg Wooten (Hardcover). Marred for Life presents over 250 record covers, lovingly and mischievously vandalized by anonymous music lovers. The illustrative materials also include a group of photographs with inscriptions left by officers of Stalin's secret police, the NKVD.
The book is based on long-term empirical research in Russian archives and includes 57 photographs that are exceptional in terms of historical interest: all these images bear traces of editing in the form of various marks, such as blacking-out, excisions or scratches. Eric Garner’s Family Is Still Grieving By Brianna Milord JJason Fulford grew up in Brooklyn, a few subway stops away from the Gowanus Houses, the public-housing. This book is devoted to the phenomenon of removal of people declared "public enemies" from group photographs in Stalin's Russia.
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