Old photographs often make it seem like our great-grandparents spent their entire lives waiting patiently for the camera exposure to end. And yet, here they are: smiling, relaxed, mischievous, unmistakably alive.
This collection of Hungarian portraits from 1900–1910 challenges the myth of the permanently stoic past and restores something essential: proof that people a century ago knew exactly how to enjoy themselves, and were often just as silly as we are.


























