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    Feb 15, 2022 2 minutes

    Q Is it true that people always looked so grim in old photos because exposure times were so long and it was hard to keep smiling?

    A That may explain the grim faces in early daguerreotype images, which required exposures as long as 20 minutes. But by the 1850s and 1860s, photos could be snapped in a few seconds with the right lighting.

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