There's an empty space in the Alfred Eisenstaedt retrospective exhibition on the walls near the cafeteria at Time Inc.
Peter Costiglio, a Time spokesman, said that after the work of the legendary Life magazine photographer was mounted in December, a few staff members found a 1956 photograph of a Ku Klux Klan meeting offensive and asked that it be removed.After discussion and opinion sampling, the company decided that the photograph was a historical document, not an affirmation of the Klan's views, and that it would not be removed. Still, it soon disappeared.
In its place, the company posted a statement about its decision. "We, of all people, could not submit to censorship or, within the bounds of good taste, be swayed by what might offend any one individual or group," the statement said. "For example, an autograph of Goebbels hangs nearby, and last year we mounted an exhibition on Malcolm X."
The statement also disappeared. Costiglio said the company had no further plans to fill the space.