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The Piercing Gaze

by David Maschke
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Anyone ever look at an old photograph and notice the intelligent, fierce look people had back then, that people just don't have today?




Hell, even the kids had the piercing gaze back then.

Dave
  • Profile picture of the author John M Kane
    Most drugs that are illegal today weren't then!
    OR
    The exposures for the photos were very long
    the studio photos often had the persons head clamped in a holder so,
    they couldn't move.
    Or
    Having 32 children would P*ss anyone off.
    "Damnit Mawh! Quit having all these young-ins"!
    and they only lived until 39
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  • Profile picture of the author jgoffshore
    I'm not that old but I do remember as a young boy that when the school photographer turned up we all had to sit very still while is old-fashioned camera slowly panned along the rwo of childen and teachers. Yes some boys tried to drop down from one end of the line and run around the back to get photographed a second time at the other end. I don't recall anyone actually managing it.

    So perhaps all these people are just sitting still waiting for the exposure to finish. It is much easier to hold a stern look than a smile.
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  • Profile picture of the author Star69
    They're just ticked that we have the internet and they didn't.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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    They probably lived and were brought up in a World where they weren't pampered and mollycoddled and their were more significant challenges to overcome. Compared to our "easy" society. Nothing like a good, flipping difficult, and downright scary challenge to seal a powerful look in a young man's eyes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jared Alberghini
    I've still got that piercing gaze imprinted within my genes...
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