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Tag: sensationalism

Sensational Images

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At parties, when people discover I work at the American Antiquarian Society, they often ask: what’s your favorite item in the collections? To my mind, this is akin to asking a parent to choose his or her favorite child. I’ve heard curators answer this impossible dilemma simply: whatever I received ...

Posted on October 15, 2009Author Elizabeth Watts PopeCategories Good SourcesTags CHAViC, images, sensationalism1 Comment on Sensational Images
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