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Man with Open Mouth

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Date: about 1852
Medium: Hand-colored daguerreotype
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Is this man's open-mouthed expression one of agony or ecstasy, his cry one of pain or joy or rage? Probably none of the above; most likely, this image was made as a scientific record of a man with deformed teeth and diseased gums, thus making it an example of an early photograph created as a medical document.

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