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Why Do So Many Old Photos Include Empty Chairs?​

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Scroll through any archive of 19th-century portraits and you’ll eventually notice a trend: an oddly formal, perfectly staged chair with nobody sitting in it. Here’s a look at the strange preponderance of empty chairs in early photography, and what these vacant pieces of furniture were meant to say.

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LOL! AI strikes again. Look at the lit side of the moon and where the sun would be coming from. It would be broad daylight, not night. Silly AI.