The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
YOUR SUMMER PHOTOGRAPH.
THE SPECIALTIES OF POSE AND
DRESS FOR WARM WEATHER.
Fashionable photographers Now Follow
Their Clients TO the swell Resorts
and Are as Busy In summer as I'm
Wanter--ChlId Pictures In Demand.


days than in winter But they are not
complaining. On the contrary. as rns..,s
to that very end. with the advent Of June
these astute artists pack up their picture
taking apparatus and follow customers
to one or other Of the popular summer
resorts where picture-making may go on
with undated vigor.
Luckily for the photographers in tls,9s
days New Workers. seem 10 have mania
for being photographed, the women,
naturally having the mania more acutely
then men. Not only must the fashionable
woman have a new picture Of herself every
time the fashion in sleeves changes, but
she must also be photographed in white.
summer, spring and autumn garb; in street
and ball costume; indoors and outdoor
standing, sitting, profile and full face
Moreover, she must have dozen or sew
eral dozens Of pictures in each pose to cir
culate among her friends.
Nowadays the thermometer may soar
into the nineties, or even higher, without
endangering in the least the prosperity
Of the photographers his summer studio
is az well patroniled rs that in town
| sometimes better
The fashions in summer photographs,
like the fashions in bonnets and neckties.
change every year, and in some places they
depend a good deal on the conditions OF
ent ertaining. For instance, Fifth avenue
photographers who make Newport their
summer rendezvous are rejoicing because
the Cup races are scheduled to take place
! earlier than usual, and the Newport horse
| show later than ordinary Both events are
bound to help business in that locality.
| they say. Newport Sets the fashion N
| photography az ii does in entertainments.
These Photographers say THAI the tive
things are closely connected.
For instance, the fad Of the moment
in summer Photography is group pict-
| ures, and this is traceable to the summer
resort entertainments Of last season, dur
| ing which almost every hostess .os social
renown figured in at least one group pict-
ure. One unusually popular matron APP
| peared in as many as nine, each OF when
| included person Of title. In fact, it was
the presence in Newport at that time OF
an unusual number of titled personages
and Of distinguished members the foreign
Fmhassies that led to the popularity OF
the group picture.
This is the way the thing WAS done: II
a luncheon, dinner or other entertainment
was given in honor of the Duke of This
or the Duchess of That a photographer
was at once engaged by the hostess TO
| be on hand at a particular hour to make
a picture of the party grouped on the
piazza or in some picturesque corner OF
the house or grounds, the guest, or guests,
of title conspcuously in the foreground.
Afterward every one included in the picture
received one as n souvenir. Groups were
photographed, at the expense OF the host
or hostess, aboard yachts at afternoon teas.
| at garden parties and evening entertain
mcnts of all sorts.
In one case one Of Viewpoints snlartest
women gave gypsy dance during which
chosen numbero young people were decoy-
| ed to the housetop, transformed by shrubs,
trees, Towering plants and lanterns INTO
roof garden, where they were photo
graphed by an artist in waiting. As An IL
lustration of the popularity of the group
picture the story is told of a visiting for
eigner of rank who got so accustomed
TO being photographed after every pri-
waite social func ton, that In one occasion
when he left the luncheon table and strolled
out on the piaz za without being confronted
| with camera he turned to his hostess
| and innOcently inquired:
| "NhCre ses ze picture man?'
To do the thing in style the group pic
ture must be made on the spot where the
entertainment is given On the other hand,
no one thinks of having an individual pic
ture made anywhere but in studio. Ac-
| cording to the Newport photographers
and they should know as much about
| the summer fashions in Photography as
any other-simpcity, but costly simpll..
| city, of course will be leading feature OF
the feminine photographs OF the summer
| For the time being low-cut gown, unless,
| indeed the wearer is one OF group, IS
| frowned upon for studio purposes. High
| cut gowns and picture hats figure almost
exclusively in the Newport. photographs
| the gowns made of graceful clingng FABRICS,
Ea
The athletic picture is not popular 30
| far this season, nor that costumed after
a fashion To suggest an elaborate city func-
ton. And the favorite pose in these up
to-date photographs is run length.
The Newport man, when it comes to a
question of being photographed, goe.
step further than the woman in aping
simplicity. Almost invariably no chooses
TO pose in fiannes. Boiled shirts" are at
a decided discount just now in the Newport
| studios. And, curiously enough, the higher
the stter's social status the more neBn8e
his costume in sure 10 he.
Not the least profitable feature OF their
work to the summer photographers Is child
photography and even at Newport, in spite
of the recent structures against the society
woman, there is plenty of this. Perhaps
for tue reason that their guardians have
more leisure to devote to them at Newport
than they have in town, the camera is kept
busy in midsummer for boys and girls
They are more aftcn pictured in fancy COS
tune than in any other way. This, Pho
tographer explained, lis because al the lead
ing resorts there are more costume parties
for children than are ever given for them
in winter.
Little Miss Muiet d" for instance, arrives
at the studio and sits down on tufet 10
eat out of bowl, the artist obligingly sus-
pending in close proximity big spider
brought along to complete the picture.
Of course, every one Of Little Miss Muf-
fet's" relatives wants one Of these pictures,
and, therefore, a big pile Of them is ordered,
Thus is the photographer substantially
helped TO pay a ruin0us studio rent.
I4atter-day photography has never
achieved anything more artistic than these
pictu of children, although no one photoB-
raphrr claims credit for creating the fashion.
"Newpor, people, they say, create their
own fashions,
One woman, with an eve for the beautiful,
has begun 10 make collection of photo
graphs of Tn" small children of her friends
taken in costume. Already she has twelve,
and before the end Of she summer she eS-
poets to have twenty-five at least When
She has so many they are 10 be arranged in
a wall cabinet, made for tho purpose, for the
benefit of their children in years To come.
cur RATES OS BEER.