21 July

Born in 1903 – Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist.

Above: Jim Norris and wife, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico (1940) and Catholic church in Llano, New Mexico (1940)

Also, born 1911, Canadian author and theorist Marshall McLuhan, who said:

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

and

When information overload occurs, pattern recognition is how to determine truth.