The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-20
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The PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS

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photography IS rapidly gaining
Iracognttlon as one Of the hne arts. 10
the marvellous technical perfection OF
modern photography is being applied
the esthetic sense and training OF the
true artist. The work OF the best
modern photographers ts interpreta-
ton. rather than emchanical reproduc-
ton.
Portraiture Is at present the high
est form OF photography, although
landscapes and other subjects are be-
ing used more and more. The fine
portrait photographer who can catch
the real spirit Of his sitter, rather
than a mere outline of the features,
can ask his own price and get It.
About half a dozen artist-photog-
raphers in the world are now asking
from S 10 to $50 for a single photo
graph. These prices are going to be
increased rather than lowered, but
they will be received only by those ar
fists who have mastered scientific de-
tail and yet kept it subseryient to ar
|tistfc spirit z.aj.
Color photography has enormous
possibilitie for the artist photog-
Frapher and the impetus given to this
work during the past three years Is
phenomenal. While the processes
have become SO simplified that the
amateur can securessome good results.
the artist who handles them skillfu1ly
seems to have acquired the perfection
of photography. When photography
was first discovered, scientists beliey-
ed that it would be but short step
from the registration of light and
shade or Photographic plates to cor
rect reproduction of color; yet for
more than a century this result was
|unattained. Within the past five years
such notable progress has been made
that the success of color photography
is now assured.
At present, color photography is
chiefly confined to transparencies, and
their transference to paper is still the
subject of. experiment, but a paper
capable Of reproducing the co1ors
from films in printing is likely to be
placed upon the market at an early
date. f.. u. Ives OF Philadelphia,
demonstrated a direct and practical
process of color printing In 1912,
which is being modified and improved
upon by other scientists. The manu-
facturers of Photographic supplies
are spending thousands Of dollars in
developing a satisfactory color print
Ing method. and the examples now
being exhibited show that great prog
ress has been made.
The production Of natural co1ors
upon the Photographic plate is "a dis
tinct advance. and one Of great prac-
teal value. It will insure accurately
colored lantern slides for all purposes:
The growers of fine fruit and fvegeta-
:bles can obtain accurate reproduction
of their products without resource to
the former tedious way Of having
them colored by hand. .5s5
In New York, colored portrait
photography became quite a fad last
year. and many fashionable women
lad their Paris gowns perpetuated in
this way. The making OF vi these
transparencies is a simple matter nov.
involving no more trouble to the sit
ter than an ordinary black and white
photograph. They are produced bya
method discovered in 10 OF. by Aug
uste Lumiere Of Paris, which consists
in using a specially prepared plate
covered with tiny starch globules
dyed in$the three cardinal colors.
These grains ares SO tiny that nearly
six million of them go into a single
inch Of surface. WhenFViewed through
a microscope such a plate looks like :a
Kaleidoscope Of flashing color. but
when exposed to the81ight the colors
take their proper places sasst though by
magic. The Lumier process includes
Transforming the plate from mega
tive. in which light is dark and dark
Is light, into positive plate In which
the correct shades appear. These
plates were called autpchromes by
their originators, but several improve
ments and institutes are now In use.
The portrait Stransparencies, now be-
Ing made consist in one of these pos
tive films covered with plain glass
and framed. The result, when held
TO the light, is most pleasing.
Another method Of color work re-
5quires two plates, one red # and the
iotner green, u pom which exposures as
nearly pas IT. simultaneous as possible are
taken. he! plates are developed in,
stne usual la Smanner,Saf after which they
receive chemical treatment to re-
move g 9, the silver image. leaving the
pate almost transparent.$hsA terEdr y-3
ing, both plates are immersed In dive.
5 IN. red exposure in a green dye and
the q. green IN ina red dye. The dye enters
where the silver has been washed out.
Inc Inc two exposures are superinposed
IN IN alsaregtster and locked together to
make finished picture. a ID n All
When placed in front Of light.
they show al the co1ors possible IL
= 1 Two LWsno-color process. This process
tails in violet and blue shad les. as
such e olors appear chiefly in I'll thinR.
they dotnot greatly affect the portrait
value. The shades Of red. orange.
/; green 1:e' blacksand white are Produced
m co e hich are absolutely fast,
az regards their being affected by
either light or heat Tho cost OF maxi
Elng. these has been greatly reduced
la strong light helms n Il, ,,,.as+ - Is -