New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-06
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROGRESS.
WONDERS OF THE INSTANTANEOUS METHOD
IT'S VALUE TO ART AND sc1ENcE-soME CURIOUS

ITS VALUE TO ART AND sCIENCE-soME CURIOUS
DEVELOPMENTS.
Photography it has been said ais one of the
three great discoveries of the agcthe steam enGlhe
the electric telegraph and photography. No hVo
centuries human progress ran show such strlceS ~
these And photography is only fifty years cd!
In 1880. when the Dagnerrcypc process. which
underlIes modern photography. given to the world
by the French Government 1t required half an hours
exposure in brilliant sunlight sufficiently to impress
the ,ilvcrcd cOpperd plate. Think Of the vc'im VINO
had to sit in the direct rays Of hot sun for thirty
minutes. his face busted with fine white powder
and his eyes tightly closed Now photograph can
be made. not only In the innnitcSimal part OF
second but even at night and in dark places.
since the introduction Of magnesium metal as
source OF Photographic light the application OF Pho
Biography has boon greatly enlarged. and instantaneous
photographs may be made without regard to time
Of day. condition OF light, any atmospheric crcum-
stances. The subject Of magnesium d" fash Hight
photography recently trcatcd In The Tribune by
an expert the subject. II Will. thertf fore be I'M
necessary to refer 10 that interesting branch OF
photography in speaking Of instantaneous photo
graphs in general and how they made
As said, photograph may now be made In inc
innntesimal part Of second. The human eye re
QurcS about onc-tcnh of a Second to open ana smut
that any motion quicker than this Is lost to It, Inc
Photographic eve, however, can Wiih III lI' i-~''''
part II q second. and thus reduce great many
motions TO n distinct image which The human eye Is
unable 10 perceive. It therefore happens that many
Instantaneous photographs appear unnatural Tor tcy
catch the fcctng image IN position In which the eye
Is able 10 500 # but they are Of greatest value
IN the study Of locomotion both II animals and men,
Professor Muytridcc has made great many photo
phs Of moving animals IN the shnrc; pos blc time.
md by using battery Of cam"res. and thu depicting
the swiftly passing subject In The successive POSITIONS
ot rs motion * ale produce the motion itself. on
finishing rhc photographs and revolving them IN
zeotro2e or similar contrvancc In this way morse
is pictured walking running trottng; pigeons fly
ing: mon and women walking and running. ana IN
various characteristic motions; and. Indeed any
motion Of any animal which can be photographed III
It's successive positions by line of cameras.
4 German in the Prussan service named ottoman
Anschcntz has gone even further than THIS. lie has
Invented an electric apparatus called tncllysrope' by
which he Is able TO show the motions Of mon ana AMI
mails from the instantaneous photographs which he
has made in such a way that the subjects seem
actually 10 be living before us The series Of photo
graph, IS put on a circular glass plate. which rapidly
turns around its axis and whenever picture appears
before The eve Of the observer II Is III In by an cleo
trio spark. ~ This means the natural moion Of the
object is reproduced with degree Of truth and oc
curcv that Is absolutely bcwlldcrinG Looking TINS
at the representation ~ man on eaioping horse,
Tor instance. every Single MOVEMENT ~ N'N' '"'
can be followed. Not only DO the logs Of III" horse
move according 10 the l-li but one the dust rise.
the horses name tail rs ont and tho nosrilS OK
pand. Tho rider I, Icrkcd I'm his sndle he urges h'
horse pulls the curb-cha and moves back his lee 70
apply the spur. exactly as In lfr. Each series In
this apparatus represent, bit 90 Hic-not a WrllRe
picture but lfc iteclf-with amazing nauralncss and
truth. When the wonderful apparatus was shown 10
the atc Emperor Frederick h, declared that the truth
10 nature down 10 the simplest details. VAS simply
astounding" and that the first glimpse almost taxes
ones br'aih away Colonel AuschentH mas maze III
stantancous photographs Of various Wild beasts, be-
side the numcrou, subjects 10 De found In tho Prn'-
-'au Imperial cavalry IL la' received public re'"s-
nuou from the P0p,ian Government ana Is no"
continuing bis experiments 10y iiS AID
Tho revelations Of the instantaneous photograph
ore not onlv interesting To the curious and highly
aluahc a. tho scientist but also Of the greatest
benefit 70 artist who eek - teach their l'p' tlat
reproduction (, not art. Tie instantaneous ph''o
r,.,rh cparly shows that the rrl j. no~se Ike inc
,ppercn, for instance. the photograph oi rnhh'"F
,c,., dos not look nearly 50 natural to the human
eve aS the artists pen drawing 81 th' same SUBJECT
though I, Is now VOL known that the drnneh'man
otcn dcpctg his subject In position auat"mlcaIly
,,,...ll. Tn. photograph show, the subject In one
cvoct ro-ltion while the artist pictures several posi-
rons IA one. md TINS makes his subject appear to
be IN motion.
Instan,nncous photography has had great influence
m ,dc,, art AS thc most casual observer NAV notice
:, Is sad that the great French painter Mc"S'nlcr'
on being Introduced to Professor Muyhrdc' ana seeing
o,,e - bis instantaneous photographs. SAID that ne
,o,id certainly have painted the g1ll'ping hor-eS ID
b,s uo.toru,ecc % 1907 differently had lie seen
,hesc photographs before beginning "orh' III
even went so far a 10 saw a'V"'"'"H i" ~
mort that hc determined 10 punt "''
r,c,nre again and in accordance with the new
hrslNVu
r'o,, and mon hv means OF photography. Tho Nus
,r,i,n, Of such artists Remington ana IoEOaum lh
current magazines show box much they owe '' III
.tantancous Photographic Their MOVING hor''' "''
~, longer the conventional creatures "i Ic" N'''
oyo with legs extending In both directions at once
in a way that woud certainly result In bre'rlng me
Lorsc's back At the frs, bound were they capao" III
,,,g "a, ALL And these iust atIonS do not seem
., hc q, strange now rs at first. for th' public eye
os hocu cIucatcd by m"an~ ~ photography and ira heu
70 arc things which previously were unohNcrv'd
rut instantaneous photography has assisted artists
in more wnys than one. so m%h an AUTHORITY ~
rhp Gilbert IInmcrton in one Z Ms th"uFhtmi
ossays on landscape referring 70 instantaneous ph'o
c-,nhs Of water: Instantaneous photography l. NOT
~ va,u,blc for stormy I'm sunshine n In dun
uc,,bcr becausr Il conouud, foam and glitter Dnt 'h'
fidelity with which II renders minor waves j. P"''
Lcvond nil humln rivalry. TIE excellent pho'ogrfpn'
~ yachts IN motion which arr now 50 common c"ht''h
cudr., and most authentic Information about all kd'
~ minor waves and rpplcs. \ collection 81 them i
even better than neturr Itself so far ~ that only l.
concerned fr memory can retain the natural forms
with anv approach 10 Photographic accuracy Ia'hcrs
make instant Of these valuable mcm"r'iG'' ana
h tb,ir help and the education they give t. te eve
m nrcnarinq n ~ nature itself greatly inc:cascl
voracity I'm the drawing Of water hr~ ensu"i.'
The modern in.tantanoous Photograph seems all the
moro wnrdrrf,i when remember that It Is IN result
If only about ten years Of pactic' for unil "a" miro
ducton Of the modern gelatin" dry plate 1t was wei!
nigh irposshl, 10 photograph quicker than IN one or
two mlnutrs time. Dry plates not only nave been
introduced which are so extremely sensitive tha' even
RAYS Of liclt Invisible 10 the human eye. Ike those
canning from, distant stars may be caught their
surfaces: but the lenses employed by photographers
have also been greatly improved. This Improvement
! IN, been attended with simplicity - W II which