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That is so true, I've also gotten similar kind of realization with being happy - so serious in most pictures, as was the style then, but then a picture of a far
by tommica 6y ago
That is so true, I've also gotten similar kind of realization with being happy - so serious in most pictures, as was the style then, but then a picture of a farm couple laughing reminds me that they infact were living their lives just like we are
- fossuser 6y agoThe seriousness in pictures was a cultural artifact of the time, I think partly because people treated photos like getting portraits? There's this photo from 1901 which seems really modern: https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/smiling-chinese-man-eating-rice-1901-1-5c98d17755668__700.jpg https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/0... The speculation is that he didn't know about the culture of looking serious.
- btilly 6y agoIt was also an artifact of the technology. Cameras tended to have long exposure times. If you have to hold a position for 30 seconds, it is easier to do so with a serious face than a laughing one.
- jacobr1 6y agoThe other aspect is the early photos required long exposures. It is hard to maintain a smile or stand still long enough, so a neutral face was requested by the photographer. Daguerreotype's required upwards of 20 minutes!
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