Saturday, October 17, 2020

Lenin Photographs

I was looking for a Lenin lookalike (in Hungary of course), found one a while ago but not so sure, was just double checking, there is a problem with his left eyebrow (right from viewer's point of view), which seems to be shorter than the right one. However i ran into something else. For the said 1917 photo from Wikipedia's Wikimedia taken in Finland he had used a wig (for disguise). However there is at least one more version of this photo, slightly different. Taken at a different date, though it look pretty similar. The one from History Today (second), said to be from 1907. Note how in first photo from Wikimedia eyebrows are airbrushed. Other things look like they've been modified.


I'm saying all these because i don't know how his real eyebrows look like.

This one from 1920 shows both eyebrows pretty equal

While most others including this one also from 1920 show left eyebrow (right, viewer's poit of view) shorter.

And here is my match. This would be the fourth case of induced strabismus i know about. Could it be done with training and exercise? I can do it, make my eyes look crossed by pretending looking a point very close in front of my eyes.

Just for pictures or when appearing to a large public.

A teacher of the peoples?

Of course making eyes looking apart from each other looks a bit more dramatic, could be more difficult but i bet it can be done. With training, a bit longer every day.