The Famous Crying Baby of Shanghai in 1937

“Unlike many other publications, newspapers and magazines alike, that cropped, retouched, and otherwise altered photographs at will, Life treated its photographs as finished works, and quickly abandoned the random shapes and size (circles, ovals, and others) that most periodicals used to create visual interest.” (p. 226, The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century, Alan Brinkley)

Really? Though Life may not have retouched the photo, it is very clear that Henry Luce was manipulative to increase support for Kuomintang of Chiang Kai-shek.