Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-16
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every few people know the origin Of
the latest wrinkle In photography" To-.
marked leading Photographer the
other night To a Chicago MR mau.
"What j. the latest wrlnklr? WHY,
the double photograph, Of cuursc.
There Is nothing, really nothing, now
about II, for there are many year. back
" II, but II seems 10 be- q POPULAR fad
Just now"
What j. the double Photographic IL
1t a photograph vt two persons, or a
composite affair"
at IN neither. II Il a single photo.
/ gmph showing two View ~ the sano
| p-rs0n--n profile and front view, both
taken by the SAME negative. Diniuiltp
oh, no, not nj all. u lisa very slmplc
matter. The person a. be- photographed
" placed beside mirror, ana IN,
camera records tie image IN the rltf.
NJ well M the counterfeit prusoutment
of the sitter. la this way two Views
arr obtained. II the sitter IL ~ placed
as To SECURE a profile picture, the image
In tho glass SHOWS "a front view, aud
visa vera. IL i.a pretty scheme, and
seems likely to become ~ p0pllar ~ u
l. pretty.
"But. ~ | remarked, few people,
believe, know where thedlublr photo
graph originated. ftha French idrn,
and comes TO H. from the rCrurP gal.
lery " the Department " Police u
Paris. 10 Il not always nu eAsy mat.
tor 10 Identify n pcfson from
single photograph. Ia the
firt place nll plclunvs are more
or less unnatural, the sitter oi,.n II
made up for tho OCCASION, aud his
photograph docs not show him az he
appears In real life. Then, too, n profile
picture gives only a very misty notion
VI the actual front-vloW appearance In
real life, aud vice vcna. This pOlnt.Of.
View difference IN greater than would
bs Imagined by those who have not la.
yosiigated the subject. | have frequent.
ly shown two photographs Of the same
sitter, giving u profile and front
view, aud those who have looked at
them casually have not discovered that
they were not pictures Of two indiyld.
uals.
"rhe Paris police we've fret 10 sim.
plify the matter OF Identification
through the Introduction OF the double
photograph Hut, from an artistic
standpoint, their method IA too valua.
bic 10 be limited 10 the rogues' cutlery,
>,nd II has already obtained u firm foot.
hold Throughout Earope,and ha. made
it, appearance here. With good mir.
ror the reflection makes a fine, clear
cut photograph, and Its advantages are
obvious. With u front view how can
beauty show her coiilurc? or her
nrchcd eyebrows and dalntlly.CuFlcd
bangs In n profile view?
Any other new things? Well, Yes;
there Ia always something new crop.
ping out In our line VI business, hut IL
j. rarely any thing In which tho pub
lie IA Interested. lhe fact ~, greal
many things which you newspaper
mon say occur In photograph studios
have never seen at all. For instance,
was surprised few months ago 10
learn from the napefs that high society
young ladi,s were ilocking Into the
studios and galleries TO be Photographed
In tights, aud 10 have their frot nud
ankles, their hands, their arms, ncrl,s
aud shoulders photographed Tor the
beneilt Of their own particularly ex.
elusive circle Of relatives or aoquaint-
anees. Perhaps that story was true.
] DOM say II was canard; but do
say that | don't believe a word OF II.
'Of course, II Is "a common thug i0r
a woman with whom nntur, has dealt
kindly TO modcstly display her personal
charms 10 the camera, and think
such u course entirely parJonnhle; out
have never heard Of such "a Wholesale
anatomical exhibition Of society odds
and ends a- the newspapers described.
81 had an experience the other day
which has Interested mo more than
apythingof similar nature which has
happened TO me In all my business cx
perience. A young lady who moves In
the best society brought me three
letter., and ! photographed them for
her, and nj her request destroyed the
negatives. The letters were the mos.
tender and ardent love missivos I'm
nginable. They were addressed 10 die
lady herself and were signed 10y n
name which | am sure you would
rrcognize Instantly were | 10 mention
II. viii confess that curiosity got the |
better OF my Judgment, and l finally |
said:
'You'll pardon me, but this lob Is a
lluic unusual, isnt it''
"'ls it?' she said, smlllngly.
"'lt strikes me so,' | replied. Il !
don't sec why you want photograph OF /
those letters themselves
Don't you? Well, ! do. Suppose
the letters were lOst or burned, or
destroyed In some other wayg'
Wouldn't the photographs be de.
s'royed a. easily NJ tho ltttpng'
"'Perhaps not; especially II they
were not kept In the same place with
the leltors. hut Pm not afraid NJ
loosing them By fire or In any such
way 90 that. The Rut l., the ink II
nhing nut, and In short time 1t IL
likely To he illegiblo'
There Is a giri iOr you who dosn't
lfupnse To tnku any changes In the
reach -of. promise Uuslues-."