Either that, or the sun is in her eyes.
/johnny
She’s just looking at the real photographer and thinking “Seriously? You think THIS will make an amusing photograph?? What a waste of precious film.”
When one of my brothers died we found and scanned all the old family photos. One of the three of us taken about 1952 showed me at 4 all dressed up, standing up straight, and screaming my head off. My brothers were standing there smiling. I am sure one of them pinched me. That was back when taking a photo was a very serious and expensive business. LOL
It’s true. Kids from even back in the 1970s were more mature than today’s kids. When I was growing up in the 70s, 15-year olds were literally acting and talking like middle-aged men.
The childhood diseases aged children early. Also many children were like third world kids of today, carrying an adult load early.