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Man eating rice, China, 1901 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (1 children)

gotta be one of my favorite historical photographs

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

With a picture like that, dude is one of my favorite historical people :).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is the guy you want to back in time to have lunch with.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I mean, must have been some fucking good rice.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The fact that it's such an old picture and he's smiling makes it look like this was taken at one of those photo shops at the mall where they have old timey costumes lol! He must have sat there smiling and holding that bowl for like 10 minutes!

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago

By 1901 cameras had gotten faster, but there was still a 'culture' of solemn posing in the West.

https://www.demilked.com/smiling-chinese-man-old-photo/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Honestly, I have a hard time believing ANYBODY would have teeth that nice and straight in 1901.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

This looks like an ads for a chinese restaurant lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Apparently the Chinese didn't "know" photos were serious business, thus this goofing off. So was said in previous discussion of this photo.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This has a really modern feel to it. Looks like a cool dude.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Smiling, especially that wide, was not a common thing to do back then. Stern looks were common because people like George Washington had their faces painted and they had to pose for a very long time. It pretty much stuck around until the cameras got faster. I also think it's another part being foreign to Euro/American influences so there was no "gentlemen" way of posing for reference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I’ve heard that too about old photography.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not man not eating not rice, not China, not 1901

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And that will haunt me in my nightmares. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

It's bean my pleasure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

thats just tyler the creator