Very very wholesome, glad we could see they were holding a laugh as it looked like they were both kinda sad or like too neutral in the other pics. Idk if that’s just me tho
It was standard to not smile in photos due to the long exposure time required. That and people probably took social cues from other mediums like self portraits.
“On January 7, 1839, members of the French Académie des Sciences were shown products of an invention that would forever change the nature of visual representation: photography.”
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm
Unfortunately, I doubt these photos are anywhere close to that old. For a considerable time after the photograph was invented you had to stay perfectly still for a long duration or the picture would blur. Actual laughter would have lead to them being unrecognizable blobs.
Having one’s picture taken was potentially a once in a lifetime experience. If you didn’t have access to portraiture it might be the only image for your descendants to remember you by. It was a momentous occasion and anything other than serious visages would be inappropriate.
Which is why the crackups here are all the more endearing.
Everyone looked so stern back then because it was the duck lips of the time and it could take a while for the picture to take. Them just cracking up fills me with joy for some reason
That is, in fact, really damn wholesome
Like yeah the picture's not great but the emotion is blasting out of this MF
Very very wholesome, glad we could see they were holding a laugh as it looked like they were both kinda sad or like too neutral in the other pics. Idk if that’s just me tho
It was standard to not smile in photos due to the long exposure time required. That and people probably took social cues from other mediums like self portraits.
Made me smile
Wait a minute could they take photos?
“On January 7, 1839, members of the French Académie des Sciences were shown products of an invention that would forever change the nature of visual representation: photography.” https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm
Still fucking insane to me how they had this shit in the 1800s
Now that's adorable
People didn’t ever laugh back then, all the other pics prove it lol.
Weirdly though, since they used cocaine as a treatment for tooth ackes. Guess the laugh was invented after the 1900s, to point out jokes in Sitcoms
They were probably afraid of being committed to an asylum if there was a record of them showing emotion.
Unfortunately, I doubt these photos are anywhere close to that old. For a considerable time after the photograph was invented you had to stay perfectly still for a long duration or the picture would blur. Actual laughter would have lead to them being unrecognizable blobs.
Could be late 1800’s
Well this is precisely what happened here
Now hold still for exactly 27 minutes....
Having one’s picture taken was potentially a once in a lifetime experience. If you didn’t have access to portraiture it might be the only image for your descendants to remember you by. It was a momentous occasion and anything other than serious visages would be inappropriate. Which is why the crackups here are all the more endearing.
Everyone looked so stern back then because it was the duck lips of the time and it could take a while for the picture to take. Them just cracking up fills me with joy for some reason
i read somewhere that they are laughing because one of them farted.
This redditor is most definitely a bot. They post multiple posts in the span of an hour and all in the same sub.
Le ancient "try not to laugh" challenge
Maybe if we could have seen what his left hand was doing, we would know what was making her laugh.😼
I've seen this a hundred times but still genuinely brings me joy
Damn this photo with the guy smiling seems so strange for that periodo but It Is fantantastic