Why people don't smile in photos from 1800's?

7 years 10 months ago #480700 by James F
Have you noticed that all old photos from 1800 era, that people aren't smiling at all?  

What's with that?  


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7 years 10 months ago #480713 by KENT MELTON
I believe it has to do with how long for the exposure take


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7 years 10 months ago #480764 by effron

KENT MELTON wrote: I believe it has to do with how long for the exposure take


Yes, it also has to do with teeth, serious dental hygiene is a twentieth century development.......

Why so serious?
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7 years 10 months ago #480778 by Screamin Scott

effron wrote:

KENT MELTON wrote: I believe it has to do with how long for the exposure take


Yes, it also has to do with teeth, serious dental hygiene is a twentieth century development.......


Bingo !!!

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7 years 10 months ago #480799 by Gus
Didn't exposures back then take a couple of minutes? Can you even imagine staying still for that long? Or having a kid sit still for that long?!


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7 years 10 months ago #480832 by Brenda Dantzig

effron wrote:

KENT MELTON wrote: I believe it has to do with how long for the exposure take


Yes, it also has to do with teeth, serious dental hygiene is a twentieth century development.......


Seriously?


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7 years 10 months ago #480909 by Frost Photography

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7 years 10 months ago #480926 by Joves

effron wrote:

KENT MELTON wrote: I believe it has to do with how long for the exposure take


Yes, it also has to do with teeth, serious dental hygiene is a twentieth century development.......


That and having an armature sticking in the back of your head too. :lol:
Also getting a family portrait was considered a very formal, and serious affair. Smiling in photos as a rule did not really start till around the Roaring 20s. This came with the final death of the Victorian societal norms. Lets face it prim and proper died around that time in much of the country.


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7 years 10 months ago #480937 by James F
I see, glad I posted!


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7 years 10 months ago #481030 by Cathy Kadolph
Interesting, I would have never guessed this.  

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