St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12

If the lights and shade are to result
agreeably. and is careful that the de-
velopment be carried on with a due re-
gard for the harmony of all the ele-
ments. Nor does the mechanical pho
tographer interfere in the printing from
the negative; the artist has not yet fin
ished. The kind and form of print are
important and even in trimming-as in
determining the form of a canvas-the
effect of the picture may be enhanced
or all but ruined
The man who more than any man in
America has advanced the standard of
Photographic work so expressed him
self to me in his studio. He started in
as an amateur in August, 1894, with the
determination of giving to American
artists an opportunity of having their
paintings reproduced by photography
by the same methods which have made
the name of BreeSe so famous and
which were employed by NO one in this
country. He imported the paper of SEN
sitiZed carbon tissue with the pigment
colored and put in, and this, with the
additional aid of bi.chlorate of potash,
the development in hot water and the
exposure to light brings a permanent
result. This carbon process has al
most entirely displaced the silver pro-
cess and other more permanent pro-
cesses, as it gives great delicacy in
texture, a wide range Of color Though
a monochromatic work., exquisite fidel-
ity to all the detail of the negative, and,
as I said, the browning advantage of
never fading.
From the idea of reproducing the
paintings, sculpture and architecture
of Americans he extended his efforts,
and has become the most largely pa
tronized photographer of the upper
circles" here, and some of his best work
has been in the photographs Of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Burke
Roche, Mrs. Carley Havemeyer, Mrs.
Prescott Lawrence and scores of others
whose personal friend he is. When he
opened his studio he created a social
sensation, and the reception which he
gave as the announcement of his mis-
sion was for days the talk of the town.
The heroes and heroineS of the society
world in which he and Mrs. Breese are
prominent members were there, and
though every one of them had at some
time or other "sat for a photograph -
none had ever been in so beautiful, so
odd and so strange a photographers
den. The photograph here given pre-
sents very faint idea of it. It was
rich artists very large studio without
any oil paintings, but with beautiful
rugs, a grand piano, eXquisitely carved
furniture, small alcoves half hidden by
costly draper1eS and hlled with luXuri-
Gus divans, while the walls were cover
ed with all sorts of charmingly framed
photographs, Photographic reproduce
tons and tapestry. From the moder-
ately high ceilings hung candelabra
which might once have lighted the bou-
doir of a princess. Nor were the studio
and its artistic decorations the only
causes of the sensation produced. Mr.
Breese had long been a society man, a
member of many clubs and well-known
about town. He had married some
years before this unheard of venture the
daughter of Gen. Potter and the niece
of Bishop Potter, of New York. His
bride brought wealth with her, and to-
gether they were activein the social, mu-
steal and art currents of the metropo-
lis. And then to become photograph
err! Well, success is the measure of sue
cess and people soon grow accustomed
to new things. But from an amateur
Mr.. Breese has become professional, if
the taking Of money for work done is
test. He differs from most profession
ais, however, in that his charges are
startling. Fifteen dollars as retainer
and thirty more for the final result Of