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Re:Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color by mgkimsal on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:52AM (#17530797)
what's the silver/metal thing on peoples' heads in the left side photo?
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Re:Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color by robteix on Saturday July 14, 2018 @01:00PM (#17531123)
According to one of the posts[0] on the photographer's website:

> The metal device visible in the left picture was part of a spinning chair. It held the head in the correct position during the photographing.

[0] http://www.marinamaral.com/blog/2018/4/9/faces-of-auschwitz-...

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Re:Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color by cimmanom on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:57AM (#17530816)
It looks like just a peg in the wall where people were told to stand to center their head in front of the camera.
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Re:Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color by erikpukinskis on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:27PM (#17530950)
I suspect it was used as a mark to help take measurements from the images.
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