Can You Explain This Photo?

Probably taken during the great Romanian chair famine.

Didn't that happen during the early 1900's?

They didn't let it slow them down thou, so kudo's to resilient people.

The lead singer of Naive Thieves has a pretty bad ass mustache similiar to the ones in this photograph.

That's actually really cool. I wonder if the weight gets evenly distributed over all the knees? Or are they actually seated, or just squatting?

The guy in the chair looks like a long lost Manning relative.

Isn't it obvious? They're brothers. (Note the similarities in their eyes and hairlines.)

Methinks it be called a "daisey chain".

Christine- The weight of the sitter is placed mostly on the knee of the sittee, and transferred straight down to the floor through the feet. Very little (if any) of the weight is transferred to the next person. This can be done in a circle, if it's well-coordinated. So the guy in the chair won't feel like there are 5 people on his lap. He's no more uncomfortable than the second guy in line.

Don't know anything about the photo, but I can tell you the studio was located in Bra?ov (in the region of Transylvania): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bra%C5%9Fov

It needs an explanation?

My first thought was an early human centipede.

A train company early guerilla marketing attempt

There was only one chair.

This needs to be the new planking. The Human Chairapede, Human Chairapeding

That must have been popular back at the turn of the century. I have seen more than on vintage photo of people doing that, including British royalty.