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    1. Re: Smiling in pictures
    2. You asked about pictures of unsmiling faces. I don't think the idea of "smile for the camera" was in, then. Remember, when picture taking first started, the cameraman held a stick up with the flash at the top, above his head. When the flash went off it was really startling. I think people had to brace themselves psychologically for the flash and weren't thinking about smiling. And the whole process of picture taking may have been an ordeal. Peggy Guinn Bowen

    04/19/2005 08:34:09