The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
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Business photography has become a
matter Of great importance in New
York, and in this branch of the photo
graphic art the individual photographer
is trying hard to preserve his indie
pendence in the face of competition from
Photographic firms and companies, says
the Times. Almost every sort of man
ufactured article is photographed in or
der that it may appear in an illustrated
catalogue. Whether you make lace or
stoves, china vases or machinery, you
must go to the business photographer
and have him make pictures of your
product. Prices for this kind of work
are, astonishingly low, but photOgra-
piers, anxious to make for themselves
a little Independent business, are con
stantly attracted to this branch of their
art. An interesting form of business
photography is the photographing Of
shops, delivery wagons, dray horses,
showcases, bulk windows and the like.
y of East side bUsi-
neA pictures of their
1890 windows placed uP-
private mugs in an
East side BARRIERS shop is enough to
tell n the occupation of the regular
customers. Sometimes such photo
graphs are placed upon the handker-
chief, or in the case of his watch, or in
side his hat. Heis not ashamed to carry
a reminder of his business wherever he
goes.
Sometimes the business photographer
is also a specialist in ~portraiture; more
often, however, he maintains no public
studio, but merely goes about part of
each day making photographs, as bust
ness calls him, and keeps a tiny sky par
Tor for developing and finishing his
work. The men who practice this
branch Of the art live in nearly all parts
Of the town. Those of well-established
reputation and large business are apt to
have their places in the wholesale dis
tricts within easy reach of their best
customers. Some of these men have
grown out of amateur photography in
to their lifewOrk, but for the most part
they have served some sort of appren-
ticeship in regular Photographic estab-
lishments.
Archltectura photography is the high
est branch of business photography.
It Is the business Of the architectural
photographer to make pictures of com
plete buildings and Of architectural de-
tails. These men are brought much in
contact with architects and painters.
and are often employed to photograph
paintings in the various exhibitions.
An architectural photographer now
dead, who was recognized by architects
ana painters as a nan Of essentially ar
tistic tastes, was much employed by
them to make portrait p~hotograpbs
and he gradually developed an impor.
-ant business. of this kind and the. rem.
tation of being one of the best DortraIt
photographers in town. His customers
we're In large part men distinguished in
many walks Of life-artists, men Of let
-ers, notable public men, officers Of
high rank in the army and navy. His
reputation was made while vet there
many distinguished survivors oF
ne civil war, and he photographed
scores of these men. He was perhaps
ne earliest New York photographer to
the modern view Of the photo
.raphic art, the predecessor of half a
iozen photographers who exhibit IN
'lrth avenue a few dim and specially
reated portrait photographs in which
enort is to simulate a photograph
irectly from the living subject.