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    Posted 13 years ago

    NinaRobson
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    Man from Lisbon...
    I find this photo very strange…

    The man looks like he was caught by the camera closing his eyes which is normal now a days, but in that time the exposure was too long to capture him with closed eyes isn’t that right?
    Sometimes i think it is a post mortem photograph but that wasn’t very common in Portugal.
    Does anyone has a good clue?

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    Comments

    1. walksoftly walksoftly, 13 years ago
      He could have a lazy eye. Love that moustache!
    2. NinaRobson NinaRobson, 13 years ago
      Haha yes it could be...
      That moustache is tipical portuguese...
    3. scottvez scottvez, 13 years ago
      I agree he has strange eyes.

      It doesn't look like a PM.

      Scott
    4. too_much_stuff, 13 years ago
      possibly blind. not unusual for the blind to have portraits made. later in the 1900s photos were combined with pleas for sympathy or patronage.
    5. NinaRobson NinaRobson, 13 years ago
      Yes he could be blind i didnt think of that possibility...Thanks everyone!

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