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why do americans seem to always have thick necks in photographs? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Both men and women. Is it to do with the way they smile/pose for the camera or something? Seriously, I can almost tell someone is American by the way their neck looks in a photo

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[–] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would it be wrong to assume you are self-conscious about your teeth (crooked, missing, etc)? This is the case with every American I know that doesn't like to smile on photos, although sometimes they're people who are happy to do full-burst laughter showing all in small trusted group settings.

[+] railsdev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know if this is the case with you but if you have naturally wide eyes (say, anxiety for example) then a full tooth smile is creepy looking. Relaxed eyes on the other hand (think pictures of happily stoned people) are fine showing full mouth IMO.

Although some people "grit" or "bare(/bear?)" their teeth in an attempt to fake a natural laughter smile and... no. The muscles around the mouth should be relaxed not tense. There's no substitute for a candid laughter smile. But not many people can fake the crows feet in the eyes of a real smile, so if someone is more comfortable smiling with no teeth showing, that's more than fine.

I've done a bit of photography in my day.

[–] bipmi@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Im not particularly conscious and I do sometimes smile with some teeth showing, like if I was laughing super hard and my teeth just happened to be showing I wouldnt try to hide it. But if I am, say, taking a group photo, I dont smile with all my teeth out. Its just weird to me.