Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-02

and thriftily put price on their cooperation.
On the island of Maarken, in Holland,
nearly eyeryon is primarily poser FOR the
errant camera man. But there too, this pos
| ing is for a price Daily these islanders,
young and old, attire themselves in the OLD
| fashioned Dutch costume, and are willing
prey for the hunter with the camera-if first
their palms are crossed with silver. At Vol
endam, Holland, where the costume differs,
| the same situation exists.
The Suspicious Ainu
! The ancient aboriginals of Japan, the Alnu
race, have strong Discrimination to the cam
era, and neither money nor gifts will Wean
them away from this aversion. Only persua-
sion Of the most diplomatic quality will gain
Ainu pictures for the geographic photog-
rapher. These people, supposedly a white
race in the northernmost islands Of the Japan
| group, are in a low state of civilization, Wor-
shippers of the bear, and nearly every one
convinced that an evil spirit inhabits the
camera box. They believe that they will
wither away and die If they submit to having
| their pictures taken
The organization founded for the purpose
of humanizng geography has turned eagerly
| to pictures taken from airplanes and bal
| looms. Many Of these have been obtained
and published because they are found to be
| of great use in teaching geography in schools
and homes of the country. Entire cities as
we'll as the wonderful topography of great
stretches of country can be shown in single
graphic picture. Airme;. the world over are
working hand In glove with the society in this
development.
Grave dangerst often threaten the wander
ing camera man. The stiff men of the Or
ganization have repeatedly been in tight
places in many corners of the world, but thus
far have come through unscathed One Or
them, recently returned from long trip to
many curious by-ways Of the world, states
| that the worst situation in which he found
himself was during the fighting between the
northern and southern factions in China in
1919. The land lying between the two MIL
itary forces was Overrun with brigands ana
he had heard that opium was being made
there, with the connivance Of some Of the
leaders of both Chinese armies.
'I wanted to get some pictures of this
opium business he said. Sin spite of warm
ings by the dozen, I went into this territory.
by adopting a policy of the utmost frankness
with the men met, telling them that had
heard that opium was being made again,
and that I wanted to make pictures of the
poppy fields, I eventually managed to disarm
suspicion of any more sinister designs on my
part, and after a good many exciting adven-
lures, got my pictures"
Perhaps one good picture out of ten "shots"
can be called a good average for even the
expert anera man, because picture must
contain the important components Of human
interest, artistic grouping, the very necessary
quality of being educational, and must be ca
pable of good reproduction. 1t sometimes hap
pens that a chance snapshot becomes the
finest sort of prize. Such was the case re-
Gently when John Oliver La Gorce, associate
editor of the National Geographic Magazine,
while on the way to try to rediscover the
glorious tiamingo on lonely island Of the
Bahama group, snapped an old-time square
rugged ship under full sail, bravely racing
along in the middle of the gulf stream off
the Florida coast. This picture was snapped
from the heaving deck of little yacht as it
crossed the old hooker's bow. From an en-
largement of this photograph was obtained
the frontispiece of a recent issue of the Geo.
graphic and it has become probably the best
known picture of sailing ship in the world,
for not only has it gone into 100000 homes
throughout the nation, with the society's pub
LEGATION, but many thousands of requests for
the picture came from all over the globe.