@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 4:59

Why did we start smiling in Photographs?

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And your town didn't get sieged and all property that you owned was decimated. So what started to happen is after the 19th century. So we're going into the 20th century photographs. It's a little faster now, a little faster, a little faster. And the production of the photograph to where smiling becomes more prevalent to such an extent. Now that if you don't smile in a photo, people are asking, what is wrong with you. This has happened to me on numerous occasions

I have some theories, what about you? #history #photography #smiling

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@sudha
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudha · 1:08
Devon, this was such a wonderful swell. I was immediately captivated by, you know, other premise. And as I heard you, I am surprised to see how commonsensical it is that people didn't always smile for portraits, given how long it took to create one. Why? Why did we start smiling in photographs? It's a lovely thing to think about. And so I will throw another one. Does this mean that this is short lived?
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@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 4:54

Smiling will never be as valiant as not smiling. 😆 @sudha

Now this made me laugh, because it is very fascinating to think that for a long period, you history photography, smiling and illustrations were very dire and serious. This was political statements, propaganda. This was marketing. This was the movie trailers. It was everything back then. A photo of you spoke a lot louder back then because it wasn't like people just had camera phones that could take their own
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

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@sudha
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudha · 0:10

Look at our photographs here 🙄

Devon, have you noticed that the two of us don't have smiling faces in this conversation? Does that make us valiant? Or are we just dourfaced
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@dzakyem
Dzakye M
@dzakyem · 3:39

Top model photos - Family photos: functions...

Hello, Dee one. Hello, Sudha. Yes. Let me say just two things. The first thing is I don't like no smile photos in fashionable photos. I think they look classy but a bit arrogant and it has become opposed and something standard when you think the way they are afraid of showing any wrinkles. Of course you don't want to smile. I like friendly looking photos on a family Photo I've got of the 1980s
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@dzakyem
Dzakye M
@dzakyem · 0:05

The 1985 Luyet family photo

This is the 1985 Photo I spoke about in my post
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@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 4:59

Arrogance can be hard to identify at times. @dzakyem

Thank you for providing the photos and the examples and the process in which how it was, as you were saying in 85 in terms of the pictures, very interesting, and they are already adding sort of effects to give it a certain look and aesthetic and feel. I find that very interesting as well. Just know that those who choose not to smile aren't arrogant, but it's more of their natural setting. That is all arrogant is interesting and in terms of physical expression
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@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 3:06

Great question

Now, when we're at an event like that, I'm always a bigger fan of, hey, just take pictures randomly of us in action, and that captures the moment of the day so much more than a forced picture and a portrait would do. And then I'm going to say this. Maybe some people understand this. Maybe some don't some people can't smile for a picture for whatever reason. And a lot of people will say, Well, I'm just not very photogenic
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@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 5:00

I appreciate your wisdom @Phil

Some people will see you as grumpy as you had pointed out when really you're just taking a photographs. And if you have taken a photograph yourself and you're not crying, why is it considered something negative that you're not smiling? They're not showing your pearly whites or you're not showing your rosy cheeks, whatever it may be to be the muscles that are required in order to smile. I think it takes a lot more muscles to frown than to smile
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@Tim
Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 2:42

submission, athletic posing, and selfies

I don't get that. And then there's a whole bunch of influencer poses. Now where you hide your smile behind the phone in the frame. And what is that about? Because the fact it's totally a stage, fashion and architecture, food and whatever and glamour. It's like, look at me, look at me. But you're hiding your mouth. And is that a power move from an Alpha, or is that a submission move like I'm hiding? I don't know
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@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 5:00

Thank you for your great response, @Tim .

And he thought this was amazing. And I remember it was fun. I still have some pictures that have survived the test of time, thanks to my mother. But I remember when I was younger, this was not something that was cool. All my friends, we didn't want a camcorder. Really. Maybe if we wanted to make a movie or something like that. But the idea of everyday capturing moments just wasn't really anything until the cell phone came out
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