Why we say "cheese": Producing the smile in snapshot photography

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-25

  Kotchemidova, Christina ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Consumer Happiness; History; Kodak; Popular Photography; Say Cheese; Smile; Snapshot

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745001252     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0739318042000331853     Document Type: Review

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