Finally an article on the history of photography. Surprisingly little scholarship on this. Let's be clear: an editor isn't supposed to ruin the pictures they don't choose! Seems weird for people on a history sub to be ok with the destruction of historical artifacts.

That said I like the author's examination of said ruined photos through the context of Barth's punctum. Also like her argument that Stryker's editing both subverted America's view of itself, in terms of poverty, but also reinforced it through the absence of POC.