The Shocking(ly Incorrect) Origin of Arbus’ Twins


Ah, the internet. Home to all sorts of wild speculation and misinformation. Photography history rarely has a part to play in the crazier claims, but I happened upon this doozy not long ago:

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Above: Screen capture from 2leep.com

Click through to the article (hosted a site whose top articles are currently 10 Bizarre Pairs of Underwear and 10 Weird Diseases) and you’ll find Diane Arbus’s Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967 bearing a caption that reads “Mengele’s Twins from Brazil”.

Uh, no.

Is this picture not terrifyingly odd enough on its own without being (incorrectly) linked to Nazi genetics experiments? Sometimes fiction is a lot stranger than fact.

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One Response

  1. Ohhh says:

    I’m afraid to click through because I fear there will be comments . . . “awesome!” “so weird lol” etc. etc.

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