tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post192873120644382411..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Curtis photos vs. Smiling IndiansRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-69535416522230253912011-03-04T02:48:59.050-08:002011-03-04T02:48:59.050-08:00Curtis took his photos from 1906 on. I don't ...Curtis took his photos from 1906 on. I don't know if he told the Indians not to smile, but he certainly posed them as if they were dignified and stoic and nothing else. It would surprise me if he didn't stage-manage their facial expressions too.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I don't think he took any photos of people dancing, cooking, playing games, gossiping, and so forth. In other words, nothing that would make the Indians seem like a thriving, happy people. That's the point of these comments: the lack of vibrancy in the photos.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-55252363999691427032011-03-02T16:50:45.557-08:002011-03-02T16:50:45.557-08:00when did Curtis take the photos? In those early d...when did Curtis take the photos? In those early days nobody much smiled in photos - it was considered insincere and undignified. It wasn't until the 1920s that smiling became more accepted in photos, in the States at least, I don't know when it changed for other countries.Jainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-10632597805236899432011-03-02T13:54:47.668-08:002011-03-02T13:54:47.668-08:00White people didn't smile in their pictures ei...White people didn't smile in their pictures either. Maybe there wasn't a lot to smile about in the 19th century...Wild Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16173044456345120002noreply@blogger.com