teal-deer:evali-evaluated:teal-deer:24-sa3t:comradeonion:powerofthestruggle:Man eating rice, China,
teal-deer:evali-evaluated:teal-deer:24-sa3t:comradeonion:powerofthestruggle:Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904this is an extremely important pictureIve never seen someone from 1904 having fun omgThis is because old photographs took FOREVER to take. Like, several minutes, often. People didn’t usually smile because you had to smile for a good five to ten minutes. So… if this is real (I’m suspicious of a photoshop…) then this guy held this smile for a good five minutes. Actually by 1904 cameras didn’t have quite such a long exposure time! Film was introduced in 1884, the first Kodak camera was marketed in 1888 and the first mass market camera, the Kodak Brownie, was introduced in 1901. I actually did some digging and the photo is actually hosted at the American Museum of National History’s website, so it looks like it’s legit. That is awesome. This is awesome. This man is so excited by both his fancy new Kodak AND his rice. Gods and ancestors bless. -- source link