Since the camera exists there have been many social codes for posing
From the old fashioned Victorian stern look, almost funerary
Post war victory brought the “American cheese” supposedly universal and cool
It was the “Pax Americana” of shooting, but difficult for the non-English
Followed the Miley Cyrus tongue all out, and later the infamous selfie-V
Rules that are just trends, the portrait is about the person, regardless
Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery