Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-03-19
A PHOTOGRAPHER TALKS.
stRonY oePLoREs THE CHANGES
IN The METHODS or rls ART.
The Dry Plate rroe.s. Defeat. Eno,t. 90
secure = Cocd Portrait - Is.t.at.ns.as
Photography A ssr,oa. cr,s,.ao.
Against rsstralt raistsr.

Photography today do.. no, give a. god
results as u gave eightecn yrars ago. said
Mr.. Otto Sarouy when Questioned a. 10 tho
prcgrv- % bis art
"Do W. owe nothing. then. % lnsiAniane
Ous pho;ographyr
'Doat misundorstand n,a am Mt cry.
ing down The rysults q inventions that have
enabled "a to DO all -orts u things by phO
iography that the early pbotographis,s dii
u0t even dr,am q II l. undeniablc, bow.
ever, that A. a means u reprciuclng artistic
portraits Photography today h NJ, what Il
ouoe was, AMI this u dus In part b. sone u
the very Inventions that are rVganlci a. tho
most imInrtant In the art The dry plate.
for example. cfablss "a % take a negative la
from half a -.oond % two s.consls The Oh
wci plate often reIuir,si fftc,n -sunds 90
longcr. but u gave more fOundns-s io The
picture AMI male better portrait n 80
sbOali ask cusfomers "a al nfts-n ss.nousis
nov ~ sbOuld -cuu l0-s our trade Modern
haste has sacnhcsl rnnethlng that we DO
talnei with oa-s twenty years Ago.r
Instantaneous photography would enable
you siill further % hasten tho prcSs~.s,
souh u give ls-s satisfactory results than
you nov obialnT
The time oocupl~i la taking Negative
BY instantaneous Photography : almost In
apprr-iable, say onetsnth II q secOnd. but
that pro~.~ Is no, u-sl In photographs
s,Otio~ To gct a satisfactory portrait un-
der askylight we cut % -oms % the light
and thus toDs down ofccta Tho insiAntAne-
ous pruoo-s nosis a strong light, such As you
obtain In tho or.n air
~ oNE.rrNTH oF srooSD
Here continual Mr. sAruny. drawing
from bis rocksi q snail negative. ia an IN.
isrs-iins little thing that illustrates What
am saying This Il "a little interior that
toos at home oo dark. rainy sfiernoun. by
eXplsling Towdsr~i magnesium oouh
have tAksn u quite a. well At Midnight You
~ that the furniture Il very distinct Ani
even that miniature of a chsruh AMI the
photographs ga the mAntel Aru perfectly
proiuo~i The 10y IL little din t..rau-e b.
ran away vbcn ths ctplosion came Ys<, II
!. an actual fact that be ~as -naf~i od BY the
vsry light that sas to take biz picturv lie
wAs not quick enough, however. a. you ~,
AMI thore b. L. The prooo~- protably occu.
Il~i onetsnth % sCuud II l. done by
blowing powdered Magnesium acru-s an aloo-
holic hamc Tie fash s bricf. bat lntsn-a
IL couI not D. satisfactorily u-,l, however.
In pru.lucing turtmlts. for the rua-1n that
the photographist suuli have NJ oppor.
tunity a. p-s his sab joCt ami study In the
oamtra sffects - light AMI sha.lo
instantaneous photo-rnrhy has greatly
Alisi the amateur. and tho result has t-cn
b. drive professional phot0graphists cut q
Tho oI.n air businc.s Il dos Mt Tay pho
tographisi b. devote him-elf to outdoor
wurk lhcrc ap too many Amaicur Ia CON.
I.tition I think u 4. not generally known,
bY The way. that many artists in this country
AMI In Euruf. are amateur photogmphists.
AMI that they ~ eur ART In all ~ their own
! bsliovc that the marvellous minutsns.~ %
Mol-Yrnicrs work l. due to the fat that be
Iaintsa grcat deal from photographs lie
has t.sn an amateur photographers since The
days - thc ainhrviyTs, and have no rua-on
u t"licvc that b. has changed bis ms,hod
Trick 90 PORTRAIT F,iNrIRs
Il am ioli that Jerome al-o U.s. photos-
raphy In his work AMI 70 l. easy b. t.,ievo,
when QUO RIVALS the character % bis picturoN
Il -rcms o. ms a perfectly legitimate art The
artist jusi mAk'- hi. sketch from nature AMI
then rvlisyo hs model from laborious p.-ing
by working from Photographs In the matter
of detail Ons thing that has t.,cn done BY
portrait PAINTERS l. not quite ~ dcicnsibla
last year foreign portrait painter with q
srrat repgtaiion came over hsre anil PAINTED
many portraits q wealthy pcr-ons az grcat
prioos In one instanco, ho painted the por-
trait ~ a rich woman. and u l. an ABSOLUTE
fact that be photographed hor GA canyAs AMI
painted over the photograph. Il was rcgarded
A. spcaking llkenosS, and tho artist Wa
paid tl.OO or t5Oo Now II 10 not many
yoap since that -ort q thing was doos by
pbo,ographists In this country. but the ar
tists mAds such an Ouicry that 70 wa
Iioppsd
IA IL an amusing thing 70 ~ the attempts
a. T.sing mAls by portrait painters, who
bring their slitsrs % "a. Cor ph0sogIaphs The
artist believes that be can sct lusi tho right
effcct by I.sing tho sublcct himsslf, and l.
surpri-.i to tind that the Negative shows an
utterly diierrnt result from What h. bad er.
prctei TrAlnel photographists understand
the ART q posing and Tsr-ons obtain most
satisfactory portraits by giving themsslvss
into the hands % the photOgTaphist
"Wouh not ph0iographing In colop all
you In making race distinctiousr'
There Il no such thlng a. pho,ographing
In oolors, and 10 no prusT.ct u its perfec-
ton. What i now called photographins Il
merely an effect of lthography. No, the
future improvements la Photography are
likely to ry~ult from the study % plsing, and
the ulanagement q light AMI shade Just
now general e1oellcnoo and novelty In stylo
are the photogTaphists' alma New York
Coz ST. Louis Glot.s Democrat