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Chris Cason wrote:
> this site struck a chord with me some time back:
>
> http://www.shorpy.com/
>
> see http://www.shorpy.com/shorpy: 'shorpy at work in 1910'
>
> http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/01094u.jpg
>
> maybe 12 years old at the time? he later died in a mine accident at the age
> of 31, crushed by a rock. for most of his life, clearly, he knew nothing
> other than that mine.
>
> I expect the mine owner lived in a nice mansion somewhere.
>
> -- Chris
Very hard times, no doubt. There was nothing to laugh about, thus, no
smiles in old photos.
Today we have the luxury of information at the fingerprints through
amazingly fast internet connections, amazing mass-production and
reproduction technologies, laugh, fun and entertainment a click away on
TV. And yet, art of our time is so comparatively poor to that of those
brutal and convulsive ages...
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nemesis wrote:
> Very hard times, no doubt. There was nothing to laugh about, thus, no
> smiles in old photos.
It's probably the vagaries of the written word, but I can't tell if
you're serious or sarcastic here :/
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguy com> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > Very hard times, no doubt. There was nothing to laugh about, thus, no
> > smiles in old photos.
>
> It's probably the vagaries of the written word, but I can't tell if
> you're serious or sarcastic here :/
Serious tone. No emoticon for serious tone exists AFAIK. I've commented on the
lack of smiles in old photos before. Sure people laughed and smiled. But I
guess far too less than in the 20th century if the photos are any indication.
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nemesis wrote:
> Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> Very hard times, no doubt. There was nothing to laugh about, thus, no
>>> smiles in old photos.
>> It's probably the vagaries of the written word, but I can't tell if
>> you're serious or sarcastic here :/
>
> Serious tone. No emoticon for serious tone exists AFAIK. I've commented on the
> lack of smiles in old photos before. Sure people laughed and smiled. But I
> guess far too less than in the 20th century if the photos are any indication.
Given the literature I've read (remember Mark Twain, for exampl - and
let's not forget, Shakespeare was a brilliant comedian), and the
accounts of people who actually lived at the time, I don't think they
smiled any less than we do.
Besides which, I can't imagine that mirth and frivolity are modern
inventions. People have been laughing for as long as there have been
people :)
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:53:32 -0300, nemesis <nam### [at] nospamgmailcom>
wrote:
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>Very hard times, no doubt. There was nothing to laugh about, thus, no
>smiles in old photos.
>
Is it not because, getting your photograph taken was a *serious* thing that
happened only occasionally. Unlike today when you can take a photo of what ever
you want because almost everyone carries a camera in their phone. I remember the
first photograph that was taken of me, aged about three. It was in a studio
(because no one in the family had a camera) and it was so formal that it but me
off being in photographs for life. I am really camera shy.
Regards
Stephen
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St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> Damn, those guys sure would use those guns if you messed them about.
You bet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield-McCoy_feud
--
- Warp
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On 8 Mar 2008 12:09:30 -0500, Warp wrote:
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/HatfieldClan.jpg
>
> Even though this is just a posed photo (and they have clearly suited up
> for the photo instead of being their casual clothes) you can still read a
> lot from the photo when you really start to examine it. It can excite your
> imagination a lot if you study it long enough.
"We and our guns!"
Even the brat on the right edge is carrying a gun.
And he's pointing it at the private parts of the mustache man
on the right edge...
--
Joel Yliluoma - http://iki.fi/bisqwit/
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Warp wrote:
> I apologize for the more blog-style posting, but...
>
> Somehow I find some old photographs to be really fascinating. The older
> the photograph, the more fascinating. For example, consider this photograph
> taken in 1897:
>
I ran across this someplace - I believe someone posted a link here
several years ago.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
Tom
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Chambers wrote:
> Besides which, I can't imagine that mirth and frivolity are modern
> inventions. People have been laughing for as long as there have been
> people :)
Except for a camera, it seems. OTOH, it was a novelty and somewhat
rare, so they probably thought it'd be good for posterity to come out
seriously in a photo than laughing like a mad dog. Perhaps people began
to take photos less seriously at around the time Einstein showed the
tongue. :)
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Stephen wrote:
> Is it not because, getting your photograph taken was a *serious* thing that
> happened only occasionally.
yes, I just came to that conclusion in the post above... :P
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