The expression, ‘Say Cheese' is guaranteed to bring you all sorts of forced expressions but rarely a genuine smile. Thankfully, I never learned any form of chinese so I was unable to ask today's subject to, ‘Say Cheese', which now makes me wonder what the chinese expression for ‘Say Cheese' actually is.
This man was reacting after I'd taken the photo of what I assume to be his friend as they were both sitting on the kerb together, waiting for something. I doubt they were waiting for a passing dentist, it looks way too late for that.
It's not actually a toothless smile but it's not far off. My assumption is that the others all rotted away but maybe something else happened in his life.
Shooting on film, I had nothing to show these two guys at the time. Today I'd be able to show them the preview on the LCD.
Color first today with black and white version below.
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