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Offline Olga Maria

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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #345 on: July 22, 2009, 01:47:30 AM »
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #346 on: July 22, 2009, 04:30:06 AM »
I really think they should have gotten someone to make her smile when they took her picture.  Everytime someone was about to take one, they'd be like "Smile, your majesty" or something.  She had a great smile that should have been used more often.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #347 on: July 22, 2009, 09:49:14 PM »
Yes, but you wouldn't want it to look unnatural.  Like posed photo-smiles often do.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #348 on: July 22, 2009, 10:14:45 PM »
And I've got a feeling the empress of Russia wouldn't have cared much for taking orders, even from polite photographers.

At any rate, smiling broadly with teeth showing was not at all the convention at the time. Toothy grins are a much more contemporary, American trend.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #349 on: July 23, 2009, 12:54:15 AM »
I'm not saying she should look unnatural and goofy, and I'm not saying the toothy grin picture was the best. In fact, I kind of was like,  "Is that even Alix?"  And may I ask what you have against contemporary and American?
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #350 on: July 23, 2009, 08:05:17 AM »
Quote from: Anastasia Spalko on July 23, 2009, 12:54:15 AM
And may I ask what you have against contemporary and American?

Nothing -- I'm a contemporary American myself. My point is, the type of camera-smiles we're accustomed to nowadays simply weren't the fashion in Russia at the turn of the century. Victorians just weren't trained to smile for the camera.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #351 on: July 29, 2009, 07:34:45 AM »
Around 1907, 1908 - Undecided about the place, Finland or Crimea?

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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #352 on: July 29, 2009, 08:38:25 AM »
Finland, I'd guess.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #353 on: July 29, 2009, 02:56:17 PM »
Quote from: nena on July 29, 2009, 08:38:25 AM
Finland, I'd guess.

I agree -- the trees in the background look more characteristic of Finland than the Crimea.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #354 on: July 31, 2009, 03:02:21 PM »
         It's just me ? Or Alix is smiling in that photo?
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #355 on: August 01, 2009, 02:36:10 AM »
You are not alone in noticing that, miki_nastya!
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #356 on: August 01, 2009, 04:13:04 AM »
What do you know? I think she's smiling too.
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #357 on: August 02, 2009, 11:44:54 PM »
Hahaha...we are three now!

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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #358 on: August 03, 2009, 06:44:29 AM »
Nice find, Shandroise, but now my happy-to-see-Alix-smiling moment is wrecked. Ha ha ha...  I'm glad i joined this forum.  So much laughter, entertainment, and knowledge has come from here.  Sorry this is off-topic, but I feel kind of crazy right now.   
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Re: Empress Alexandra Photos #3
« Reply #359 on: August 05, 2009, 08:55:04 AM »
Little Alix with her family
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