New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19

PLAIN FACTS TO FUTURE GENERATloNS-is
II ONE OF THE FINE ARTS
The field Of photography. diverse It is. is open
% woman az a urofcssion-as means Of getting
living Already success has been won by woman
both in studios and in outside work lhere -
great deal I'm this for her delicate perception 10
reveal one branch should belong 10 her-th"t OF
photography. that s. the unfolding through
the vision Of the camera tho beauties hidden TO
the naked eye OF flowers insects. minerals. ere.
In hospital practice also the study OF wounds
would be useful
A. for possible income. with n hand camera
Interiors Of homes portraits in open air and m
home from s. day to - higher figure may ne
realized according 70 the ability and business meth
DDS OF the operator In q studio. from 500 mo me
thousands a year. according 10 tho same rule. tn"
expense Of finishing the pictures leaves good
profit IN the sale
Az in all professions which require financial aDil-
itv the chance 10 sue coed Is based on the indi-
vldual Woman has shown that she has good
financial capacity and there IS no reason ~ nor
to fail where man can succeed. I'm this profession
Of photography. To one beginning, a complete ont
1T for taking photographs five inches by seven
inches which IS Il convenient size. including trays.
DEVELOPER plates. paper. etc. may be bought az
any photographic stock house. It is well to buy
good lens separate. and then have fl fitted to
camera The outht can boz bought for a minimum
Of S}l
II has been debated whcthe- or not photography
ls one Of the fine arts This question seems Of little
importance when consider the real territory oil
photography which Is vast one Scl'no" as an
investigator deals with truth; photography deals
with truth as deinoa:or.
II il a fact that there was such an "F'hl ~ INV
Battle % Waterloo. and that ~ the time no pho-
Biography existed We hav" pictures OF this famous
battle painted from the Imagination by great ar
lists Photography now locks ON and says
These are great efforts Of the Imagination Du'
not one Of them is truth II Is my mission now TO
be the pictorial historian"
The twentieth century will hand 10 It's Successors
he actual appearance ~ persons. places and events
40 one a thousand years hence Will be puzzHn8
over the construction Of thc naval vessels OF to-
dav or the position OF armies I'm great engage
meuts Photography will be the historian 81 the
future We ponder search We eXhume. To ma
the least Glow in heroPlyph or rude tracing OF the
ancient civilization OF this earth or Of its barbarlc
beginnings and are well repaid by fragment
20 add 10 universal knowledge
From tho present moment onward. the worlds
history Will be revealed through the camera. ana
I'm so clear and continuous way that Il maS oe
read backward When Daguerre made his great
discovery II opened more locks and revealed more
secrets than any other mad done
Astronomy waits upon this uue discovery ana
knowledge such as could no- be- absolute unti
th. photograph added 10 the usefulness OF the
spectroscope comes 20 Ms concerning the heavenly
bodies.
The people % our world for thousands of years
have believed fasities. every truh telling OF arr
or of a discover, should bee Rugged close IN the
field Of chemistry lie possibilities The laws OF
y.li.D only 90 guess a Newton made immortal
Aver pm, ani' TX I'd mant minds became active
when such a channel of progress was opened. iNr
camgra erd 51,c6 al [e Th broad ed Of chemistry
has in IL q thousand workers where llor' va Du
minds digging away. will bring up gems maj WI.
fash in The sunlight. To me rNporel a" H'o't bii
lines Of scientific research me Gamer" ~ % m'at
meet Its exceeding value H. ma H. ~ "a"
truth. II cares as ltile WheIn'r h dastrnciion
as the law of graviiatIon cares LOT '"' "'' ''''
Of a world ..<., . ,.,,,,,,,o, ~, tho
In regard to the 1ga@' d az saw de Whoa 0 doubt
nhotographv cheapens pictures. many wisely prefer
6ocause one represents the original and me otner
does not Yet painting oil tht Iiss,,,T .nnd bv mo
ography me numpgt , %. living machine hand
TN ,e vnry FEW great artists wiki the brush max
tho5s rev sb6 render irrational color and amos
pherc. nothing 9i i",S',y , ~, tbat the
w he tneS 6id"k and white should be welcomed
WV should the real painter be jealous oI IT."
art$ lie has color left him realm sun H"'"
tad.d- for how long We cannoi say. .,,. tioh,
Wbsn chemistry yields up the secret WIZ , 's.,o
touching larkspur makes It's beside the
iarkspur makes red. and M" same hsn'
- h urine colors Effected by light In chemical
union with something j. eNpldih'u mn q 49, 80
triJ vii have been taken. Now the camera nss
light for us DfuSl ''"' ""''''
color is made .. ~ four hundred
oars AGO ar, studied to-day, ana VIII remain a.
st.ig for a long period vet. but permanent" III
reaItV can only be found IN Reproduction. an pan a
uU liv. perhaps more than thousand yeaIs. p.t
| ~. uenca Of the oak IN r'allN 'oHSrlS III
rrnnrddu"fion The work OF the camera can be re-
produced infinitely ana handed COW" ''' s'"''"
lions as seed begets SEED . a..
Pctorially the photogrnpn rs le ~ III cn,,irl
tory Unless dark ages intervene ana an hrpu'tu
l,nowe,ige be- plotted out. there VIII never NOR ~
~ nnriod In the worlds life that may not be repro
III kirship Of the camera Is broad II is closely
couusrted with astronomy architecture. plant me
or,r,ittire surgery the study OF disease, the com
position of matter. JOURNALISM III tI.., ~ III
vauces for the last ten years were bloii'u on' WIZ
"A stroke we should bee al an instant loss IN every
department OF science
Artistic sens. IN "a broad degree H. indispensable
70 The higher attachments IN photography. The
German proverh "Onc must learn to see MS IN
here To one who ~ color blind there Is no use IN
unveing the rainho" 50 to one 10 ~hotm .satue
mas not given the artistic sense TO- appreciate,
combine and deal with its beauties thef" Is ntie
u.s. iu dabbng In art Of any school. Tor ART hish-
est aim IS to reproduce Nature T.,
A "marhlne- made" picture by the camera u q
poor thinc-the mind OF the operator must direct
its forces In landscape work II H. surprlsihG now
fast one learns to see 10 biInt o"' In, aside
nom nature th4 work. OF art should be studied
prrspectiv. chlaroScuro. light ana SHADE
will some artistic ability TO beslh WIN u" "''
- a.. dovrncast al her possible atainmeniS.
A iarg, amount OF study OF the best perlodlralS OF
phot0graphc literature H. essential uhi'Ss "a"
nhy ls taught Some KNOWLEDGE OF chemistry Is
h,ipfu-realy ncedful-yet II can be gathered sr"u-
ually I'm practice. go .,-..., a.
drudgerV for these n drudgery In al genuine labor
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