The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-22
PHOTOGRAPHIC TRICKS.
Some of the Surprising Results OBJ
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some OF the surprising Results OBJ
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New York, Oct. 20.-Can composite pho
tographs-i. O., made of different heads
and bodies joined-be so produced that they
will not show their patchwork quality3
That is the question deeply exercising the
families and friends of large number of
Brooklyn bellies just at present, and symps-
thetically or otherwise, many other people
are interested in it. Among the glaringly
and shockingly improper pictures recently
seized by Comstock in possession of an anna
tenr photographer named Brown, who made
business of vending such things, were
numbers or the vllest characters, in which
the female faces presented were thoss of
young ladies of previously unimpeached
respectability, moving III Brool;lvn's best
society. They and their friends affirm that
these pictures were made by the wicked
photographer taking heads from decent
portraits, fixing them upon pictures in
lewd attitudes or simple nudities and then
making negatives from those combinations
Brown has told contradictory stories about
how they we're produced or obtained and is
not worthy of belief anyway. II the pict-
ures were made up the work must ave
been very skillfully done, for in Some of them
it is averred, the joining line Is not visible,
to the naked eye at least.
Mr.. L. G. Roche, "the father of photog-
raphy," as he Is known to photographers
ali over the country, being consulted upon
the subject said:
at is possible to join heads and bodies in
that way so that the line is absolutely i'm
perceptble.only when collar, necklace or
| something else is about the neck to conceal
| it. It is quite true that, where there Is
| nothing of the sort, the negative made
| from the combination may be 50 very skill
| fully touched up as to hide the line from
| the unassisted eye of one who is not q
| professional, but the expert will de-
tect it, even without glass, and anybody
with strong glass will probably make it
out. photograph made in that way that
| could not detect l would regard as
little short Of miraculous You probably
remember that not a long while since a
rascal in London was sentenced to long inn
prisonnent-twelve or fifteen years. think
for making and vending obscene pictures,
made in that way. with Mary Anderson's
beautiful head upon them. 1t Is not true,
as has been stated by a certain New York
paper, that the joining line of those pic
lures could not be distinguished, and that
DR.. Griffith-Marys step-father-had to
abandon the prosecution because it was i'm
possible to prove that the pictures had been
made in that way. The line was shown
and the rascal was punished as he richly de-
served to'be. He had taken q large photo
graphic portrait of the lady, which could
be obtained in any quantity and ph oto-
graphed it down to a size to suit the bodies
he had on hand ready for combination.
"There are various ways for providing
surprising results in photography, things
that in one age would have been called
magic, but in ours recognized as scientific
tricks. The ghost picture, for instance in
which a shadowy ghost-through which
rial S,hf vic 10 H..
tween natural attitudes aud occupations.
That is produced by an almost instanta-
neous exposure OF the figure that is to
do duty as the ghost, followed by full
exposure of the figures and properties that
are to appear natural. Another novel
trick was shown recently in a photograph
reproduced by a prominent trade journal,
which presented the photographer seated
at q table, playing chess with himself sit
ting on the opposite side Of the table,
while he, himself, stood up in the back
ground looking at his two selves playing
The figures were all on the same
negative, which was produced by three
successive exposures Of the plate,
parts thereof being masked each time by a
is that by which. a person who likes that
sort Of thing, may appear to be photo
graphed riding upon a flying goose, or
fish, or any other desired style Of ridicu-
lous locomotion. This is done by the
subject holding upon his lap huge piece
of white or sky-tinted card with the fan
ciful figure drawn upon II. His face
appears above the upper edge OF the card
and seems, in the picture. Joined to the
funny little body mounted on the goose or
fsh. The statue picture is made by about
the same device. But none Of these, or any
other ingenious trick yet invented will en-
able rascal TO make an indecent picture of
girl without her completely. so that its
fraudulent character cannot be detected"
DAVID WECHsLRR.