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The Week That Perished.

The Week’s Most Smoldering, Moldering, and Soldering Headlines.

“Loughrey is an Irish Photoshop wiz known for his “restoration” of old photographs. And dammit, he’s always been bothered by the fact that in historical pics of communist atrocities, the victims always seem to look so…glum. Surely these people, about to be executed by the forces of Stalin, Mao, or Pol Pot, should be happy, thankful even, that they’re giving their lives in the name of communist utopia!

So last week, when Loughrey was hired by VICE to “restore” historical photos of Khmer Rouge victims awaiting execution in a prison camp, he decided to “restore” them in a way that, while not “accurate” (or “ethical” or “decent”), perfectly conformed to the manner in which he believes those doomed Cambodians should’ve presented themselves to the camera.

Loughery manipulated the pics so that the soon-to-be-genocided victims have big, happy smiles on their faces!

“Yippee! We’re gonna die for the revolution! How lucky we are! Put one in the ol’ noggin and charge the cost of the bullet to my family!””

https://www.takimag.com/article/the-week-that-perished-135/