Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Lynching

Delist: Lynching

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An unnamed person after being lynched in an unknown locale in 1925.

Reason

I think the photographic decisions reinforce a narrative, and it's not one I like: Not photographing the face is a photographic decision that reinforces the dehumanisation of the victim. The hat - seriously, why would he still be wearing a hat after a violent lynching - hides any evidence of beatings prior to the lynching. His neck is hidden by the collar, hiding the actual lynching except for a short bit of chain. His arms are tied, but that isn't particularly visible. It feels like this photograph was staged, the body arranged to lessen the violence, and hide the humanity of the victim.
There's also an extreme lack of documentation for this image. Other than knowing it comes from 1925, we don't know where it happened, we don't know who it happened to. And, I hesitate to say this, but the lack of documentation means we don't even know for certain this was a real hanging: stage rigs for fake-hanging someone aren't particularly complex. (Obviously, lynchings happen, but that would go some way to explaining some of the other features of the image).

Articles this image appears in

Leonidas C. Dyer, Lynching

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lynching

Nominator

Durova

• Delist — Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 12:51, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
• You have good points and I remain undecided on this. Just a question: why is it "not possible" to have one's arms tied? I don't understand the rationale behind that statement. Bammesk (talk) 14:09, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
  • @Bammesk: ...I think I got autocorrected. I meant "particularly visible". Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 16:12, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Kept --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for delisting the image, and it’s still used in Lynching. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC)