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I think this photo has finally been retired in favor of other ones
Well, since the lady herself has expressed a desire to end its use for that purpose, I consider that a good thing on top of the practical reasons.
Not that I really know a damn thing about it beyond what I found in the linked article, but still
Yeah there's like a whole documentary about this on YouTube. They even interview this person.
It was really fascinating but as noted in the Wikipedia article it's not really accepted in any modern publication nowadays so it's all been but retired
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