Mimsey Borogrove
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Mimsey
Mimsey
Exactly what I said. Look at him. Already a pockmarked porker with a receding hairline in 1950.Ok.
Mimsey
Mimsey, the photos in your post were taken during Hubbard's radio expedition for the Explorer's Club. It was in the 1940s, prior to the advent of Dianetics. This is documented in multiple books on Hubbard's life.
Look at the man's physique in those shots. He's lean and slim. LRH never looked like that during the Dianetics days. He was already becoming portly and pockmarked by that time, and had begun combing his receding hair backwards.
Read the book, Messiah Or Madman. Hubbard's abortive adventure to Alaska is thoroughly documented there, with pics. The same ones you've posted.
Much appreciated.
Hubbard and Northrup aboard the schooner Blue Water II in Miami, Florida, June 1946. The Church of Scientology has republished this photograph with Northrup airbrushed out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Northrup_Hollister
A face built upon the sneering derision of others, a hairless rat face if there ever was one. Scientology became an extension of his sneering derision of others no matter it's masquerade of "saving mankind" which was no more than a cover for what impoverished ill he would bring to the lives of multitudes of followers.
The pock marks can easily be removed via retouching - which was a common practice ages before the invention of photo shop. Your comments about his hair line fit Hubbard from the late fifties, sixties unquestionably. But not the early fifties.Mimsey, the photos in your post were taken during Hubbard's radio expedition for the Explorer's Club. It was in the 1940s, prior to the advent of Dianetics. This is documented in multiple books on Hubbard's life.
Look at the man's physique in those shots. He's lean and slim. LRH never looked like that during the Dianetics days. He was already becoming portly and pockmarked by that time, and had begun combing his receding hair backwards.
Read the book, Messiah Or Madman. Hubbard's abortive adventure to Alaska is thoroughly documented there, with pics. The same ones you've posted.
My dentist, years ago, also thought my clear bracelet was a MedicAlert bracelet.My reason for suggesting it had medical info (blood group etc) on it was I visited my sister in Canada in 1980 and I was wearing my clear bracelet at the time and that was what she thought it was, so I was sort of assuming Americans and Canadians have such things around their wrists.
I have been thinking about this comment that you made. The pose they chose with him leaning over the Dianetics book was not flattering, I think it does make him look overweight.Exactly what I said. Look at him. Already a pockmarked porker with a receding hairline in 1950.
Yeah that's not much. The attack on the "magnetic deposit" was a comical event, but the war was full of such comical events. Read about the "bombardement of Kiska" for an example on a much larger scale.Ron's military career can be described as undistinguished but scarcely calamitous. He was reassigned to The States from Australia on the basis of a personality clash with seniors, who unlike Hubbard remained undistinguished after the war. Big whoop.
I strongly disagree. The only reason why the Mexican government did not react more sternly is very simple: By this time, Mexico was an allied power. They did not want to cause issues at this time with the US, over an incident when nobody was hurt.The shots on the Mexican island are perhaps a more interesting story; one that smacks of "diplomacy by other means" for those who know something of how diplomacy is conducted. By the usual protocols it would be entirely correct for the Mexican government to insist upon a Court Martial but instead Ron receives a reprimand. As many may know two hundred and twenty five square miles of California outside of San Diego are reserved by The United States Marine Corps as Camp Pendleton which was then sending troop ships full of Leathernecks into the Pacific Theatre. Lovely target for Jap subs wot? And San Diego is on the Mexican border. The American Naval Commander is bound by International Law and thus forbidden to instruct his assigns to defend w/o regard to Mexican territorial waters. However, if a corvette "erroneously" fires on Mexican territory and the Mexican government is satisfied with a reprimand then you have a precedent every bit as eloquent as direct instruction.
Retouching? Good grief, Mimsey, believe what you want, but the provenance of these Hubbard photos is not in question. They've been documented, and are on the internet, and in lots of books about the man's life.The pock marks can easily be removed via retouching - which was a common practice ages before the invention of photo shop. Your comments about his hair line fit Hubbard from the late fifties, sixties unquestionably. But not the early fifties.
But, whatever.
Mimsey
This is a fascinating article about the subject:
History of Retouching: Photographers and Retouchers Synergy in the Analog Photography Era
Posted by Siyana Yanarova arts history, composite, history of retouching 1 comment
It is a widely spread misconception that retouching as an art was born with the invention of Photoshop. Yes, digital retouching is relatively new, but analog post-processing was created hand in hand with photography in the beginning of 19th century.
There were a number of techniques that were used in the darkroom back in the day – dodging and burning, scratching the negatives, vibrating while exposing, blurring, airbrushing, painting the negatives, coloring; Photo-montage, or combination printing, was used to manipulate records of historical events or to create painting-like imagery. What’s more interesting, post-processing wasn’t only used in fashion and beauty, it was also a means of manipulating political photographs."
"Portrait of James Dean by Dennis Stock, 1955
Another famous photograph that has been well manipulated in the dark room is Dennis Stock‘s portrait of James Dean in the streets of New York. It was a common practice for photographers to give detailed instructions to their retouchers, outlining which areas to be lightened and which to be darkened."
More at link:
https://retouchingacademy.com/histo...uchers-synergy-in-the-analog-photography-era/
I'm pretty sure I read in Madman or Messiah that the Mexican fiasco resulted in Hubbard being stripped of command for the duration of the war.Hubbard received but a reprimand and continued command of corvettes.
Just found this on Wikipedia:Anyone got hard data?
Man o man - the only people who didn't retouch photos were amateur photographers - pros did it constantly. They could manipulate the hell out of pictures. And they did. Did you not read the link in my post about retouching? The reasons range from getting rid of a zit to a complete artistic makeover.Retouching? Good grief, Mimsey, believe what you want, but the provenance of these Hubbard photos is not in question. They've been documented, and are on the internet, and in lots of books about the man's life.
You really don't have to take my word for it.
Buy Chris's book and read it - it's an easy read, with a full bibliography, quotes from documents, people who knew Hubbard during those days, military records he got via the FOI, and the release of Hubbard's Navy records that became public when he split of target 2. Chris put a lot of work into vetting and writing the book - validate his efforts by forking over some cash.Not sure.
Anyone got hard data?
Just found this on Wikipedia:
"Most of his military service was spent ashore in the continental United States on administrative or training duties. He briefly commanded two anti-submarine vessels, the USS YP-422 and USS PC-815, in coastal waters off Massachusetts, Oregon and California in 1942 and 1943 respectively. He was removed from command of both vessels and rated by his superiors as being unsuitable for independent duties and "lacking in the essential qualities of judgment, leadership and cooperation". Although Hubbard asserted that he had attacked and crippled or sunk two Japanese submarines off Oregon while in command of the USS PC-815, his claim was rejected by the commander of the Northwest Sea Frontier after a subsequent investigation."
I was going to add a war photo to my post - until I realized it was part of a photo shoot they must have done years ago - look at his sunglasses. Is that a clear bracelet on his wrist?