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Indecent (erotic) photograph from Paris 1890s and photo of Joan Blondell, it was banned in the US in 1932 for obscenity.
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THE highest praise — supposedly praise — which is ever applied to a print, is, that it does not look like a photograph, meaning the ordinary, hard, retouched reproduction, which people in general are accustomed to see. It is this latter thing, which the public have had so long as…
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As Alice Boughton’s became noticed by famous photographers in her field, like Alfred Stieglitz. He knew of and admired her work and by 1902 he included two of her works in the inaugural exhibition at his 291 Art Gallery in New York City.
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In 1886, Karl and Rose Leibowitz fled pogroms in Odessa, settling in the United States and having four children. Their son, John Paul, became a successful lawyer and was trained by Charles Atlas. His daughter Jacqueline, an acrobat, instilled a love for sports in her son, Sylvester Stallone.
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From 1934 to 1976, Sweden enforced forced sterilization on girls deemed unethical, impacting those viewed as disobedient or mentally unfit. This program, aimed at national purity, mirrored practices in Norway, Denmark, and the U.S. Compensation for victims began in 1999, highlighting ongoing repercussions of eugenics across nations.
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