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title: "rose-verres:\n\n“A three second exposure meant that subjects had to stand very still to avoid being blurred, and holding a smile for that period was tricky. As a result, we have a tendency to see our Victorian ancestors as even more formal and stern than they might have been.”"
date: 2014-02-19 04:34:53 +00
tags: tumblr
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![mirrored image from https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1c0ioU3Tv1rquxuno1_1280.jpg without alt text, sorry](./77143409056.jpg)

[rose-verres](http://rose-verres.tumblr.com/post/19950423124/a-three-second-exposure-meant-that-subjects-had):

> “A three second exposure meant that subjects had to stand very still to avoid being blurred, and holding a smile for that period was tricky. As a result, we have a tendency to see our Victorian ancestors as even more formal and stern than they might have been.”

February 18th, 2014 8:34pm