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Toy Story

David Levinthal photographs 4-inch toys in poses that are disturbingly real. His work, displayed in more than three dozen museums, generates anxiety and provokes debate.

Story by Blake Hallanan
Photography by David Levinthal

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 Toy Story

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Wild West


 Blackface


Hitler Moves East


Mein Kampf


Modern Romance


Barbie Millicent Roberts

BLITZKRIEG: The collection Hitler Moves East depicts the German invasion of Russia in 1941. Levinthal grew grass seed in potting soil on a plywood table to represent the Russian Steppes. He had to trim it every week with scissors.