Anastasia Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I noticed that on the monastery websites there are almost always the photos of smiling for the camera nuns. I simply want to post here a few photos of the non-smiling nuns or the nuns with a real smile occurred on its own. I do not know why but to me it is easier "to connect" with such images. I think in the past people did not have a habit to smile for the camera and it allowed the viewer to see them as they are. More often than not it seems to me a customary smile obscured the person's inner life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I like smiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, dUSt said: I like smiles. Me too, but only those which have a personal connection. For example, someone smiles at her own thoughts. Or someone see another and smiles as a response to whom he sees, but sincerely. On the group photos people somehow feel obliged to smile into nowhere. There is no personal connection there and no truth, unless of course a photographer did something... In my opinion, a group of people on the photo, especially monastics, look best when their faces reflect themselves, their normal life and relationships. Imagine what it would be, to come to visit the sisters and all of them smile at you non-stop! Interestingly, there are no "big smiles" on the proper icons. Maximum a touch of something, in the corner of the mouth. But they do have a supernatural joy in them. This is a smile that is expressed with eyes even more than with a mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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