Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-11

unique place in the ethnoiogic az wei
as The Photographic Hud literary
world and whose lectures on south
western subjects have brought thou.
sands ~ eastern people into an intel.
uRent and enthusiastic appreciation
Of tile real southwest and its peoples
81 la the city ~ pairing for "a trip o.
thc Navajo reservation to The coun-
try &c the Grand Canyon and the
northern Arizona mountains aud 1es-
erts and through northWcst Ncw MeN=
leo "a the Canyon de Chiefly ana The
region % cliff.dNoflers For nearla
twenty wears q close student Of the
southwestern Indian n his environ
ment. his present ana his little known
pnai Mr. Monsen has accumulated a
collection 81 some four thousand re-
markable photographs and a store If
knowledge OF the inner life of the
Navajo and Pueblo the Moki and the
dessert nomad which IS eQualied by
fpN men totiny
Through his years Of Photographic
work. Mt Monsen has practically
achieved results among the Indians
whieh are the envy nf his felioW cratic
men For MI Monaen. through hla
personality. his understanding Of and
acquaintance with the Indians AM
skin with hfa instrument succeeds 'n
eliminating almost entirely the stiff
ness of the posed indian hos caught
him IN his natural state ana sir-
rounded him with the atmosphere an
thu environment which is hair 81 the
real fascination Of the sons u the
desert
His pictures are Thoroughly distinr-
tive Iie believes that while tn"
brush ~ the painter ideali2es il can
not eatch the realism Of the camera
and fails ~ the ethuoaraphic valu
IT the lens and film whom properlt
and Al.ilfuiiy used
Mr. Monsen. who first visited the
southwest twenty years r. WIN"
with the geological survey, has had
hH~ deep interest IN the country in
tensiflea during the Intervening
years. making In the meantime many
protraclcd ,islta to the desert eoun-
trs
On hls present trip Mr. Monseu wll
mike some novel experiments with
kite photography lie has adanted g
combination az the box Kite ana IA,
EDDY kite which can bn perfectly con-
trolled. q kite With "a carrying earac'
It's Of sixty pounds. which carries p
went,- pound camera ootfit With q
motor device 20 adjusted that - who'll
film with lts series ~ pictures maN
be exposed during ascent
-The idoa is said Moneen lasi
NIGHT. mot to get the distorted freak
straight down view, but 90 raise The
camern several hundred feet IN tho
air ana hack far enough from The
subject 10 get a natural focus and d
view which will properly show th'
subject and its surroundings. Foi
Instance one az the counter-sunt
canyons OF the elf dwellers could h'
shown much more graphically from 8
lofty elevation and ! believe that VIII
proper pains ! can secure some ~
lures OF the canyons and mountain
country which viii be unique. b.
means ~ the camera Kite The eN.
perimcnts / think VIII be interestine
as any rate
Mr.. Monsen's secret of sueccss p
LA
phntoeraphiug tho Indian Hes in th'
fact thot ne makes praclichlE h'
preparation ana almost "l"a>9 ~
cures his subject unaNares or r
quickly that tie charm of natura'
ness has no tima 20 change into tn
rilff circumstances OF th" pose
figure lie carries small ioldlne cam
eras. most of his WORK nrlhs o"f'
with % three and a quarter by ION
and q quarter folding pocket kod"'
ntted with O sight ON The top res'm
bling the LYMAN peep light ol the iliI'
Mr. Monsoon holds the camera 81 %
ir,cl of his eve and inst~antane'usl
gets the field he wants llls picture
~ Indians are generally taken in
couple of seconds movement
lifts the Camcra he mas slung ai mi
waist and another snaps the Indian
lie viii have none of the hhot'on
posing OF the professional PINOT" man
tho heavy tripod cameras and rNni
b.rsnme plates md iutcrmlu1hlt io
,asinr
with ID small Kodak WHOSE picture
be enlarras Doe gets results that ur
rrmarEable when pomparcd with th
general ruu of Indian studies An
smother secret 90 The beauty ef n|
pictures is that he n after tho eoul'
Try ua wolf els the indian
In the early SOS with two pac.