Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-31
PICTURE NEWS
IMPORTANT AID
TO JOURNALISM
No Public Man or Woman
Safe From Attack of
Camera Men.
EVERY ACT PICTURED


paign, that latest development Of mod
ern Journalism, the telling Of news
by photography. reached probably its
highest point to date. The average
reader hardly realizes or appreciates the
fact that his newspaper is enabling him
TO see the world and its great chsrac-
tiers without budging from his chair.
The personalities of the news especially,
are brought before him just as they
live and work.
Ten years ago the public man OF
woman was comparatively safe from the
camera men. A posed studio picture
showing the subject at his or her best
was all the public expected or asked.
The hero or villain Of the moment wss
shown in the newspapers attired IN his
Sunday best, wearing the expression that
usually accompanies such garments. A
woman appeared in public print adorned
as for a ball or some other formal social
function. II she possessed Jewels she
was shown wearing them. and her ex-
preston generally was the complacent
smirk that adorns the face Of even the
most modest of mortals when told to
"loOk pleasant, please"
There was no question OF letting the
picture tell the story. From all tho
public could learn from the pictures
shown them, their idols spent their en-
tire time smiling stifly into space or
gazing dreamily into the heart Of a
rose A visiting princess and the latest
murderess received the same treatment.
Today the formal, posed studio picture,
though still used extensively. fails 70
satisfy the newspaper reading public.
The readers demand to see their favorites
as they work and play. They want to
see them with their hair mussed, Il they
are the kind whose hair is apt to be
mussed. They want them human.
If the particular hero IS a baseball
genius the public wants to see him in
action or at home playing with his dogs
and children. If he is a political hero
they want to see him busy at the desk
where he habitually transacts business,
or out on the golf links for bit of exer-
else
MUST HAVE WHOLE
OFFICIAL FAMILY.
Nor does the public curiosity stop at
the hero himself It is interested in his
wife, his children, his house, his servants.
his dogs. his horses and everything that
concerns him. No member Of his house
hold is safe from the prying eyes Of the
little black box that spells satisfaction
for the public demands
It would be hopeless task 10 attempt
to enumerate the thousands Of snapshots
Of the presidential candidates which
were made In the last election. Candi-
dates Cox and Harding were shown all
over the country at play and at work
Their wives and families were known
BY sight to practically every man. WON
an or child in the country. A picture
Of Mrs. Harding pinning a rose in her
hTrc no
produced in almost every newspaper in
the Nation. The picture was one Of
few dozen snapped Of the successful can
didate and his wife the morning of their
return to Washington from the cOnven-
ton at Chicago. They were break fast-
ing when the army Of camera men de-
scended upon them and left their coffee
to cool to obey the behest of their visit
ors. Facing the camera gracefully has
become an essential to political success.
A jolly picture OF Candidate Cox play.
ing with his tiny daughter Anne prob
ably won for her daddy more votes than
many Of his speeches. One Of the Demo
cratic candidates chief assets for pub
licity was admittedly his youngster. This
particular picture was, II might be added.
not snapped by a news photographer, but
by the wife of the Ohio Governors best
friend, Mrs. Timothy AnSoerry Of Wash
ington- The picture was borrowed Of the
lady by a news pictorial syndicate and
by them sent throughout the country.
Ten or fifteen years ago the news pie
ture field in Washington was practically
uncovered. Today dozen or so camera
men spend the entire day at the White
House. 1t would be a clever man who
could pay a call upon the chief execu-
tive and slim away UnphOtOgraphed. Nor
are the visitors the sole reasons for the
cameramens attention to the White
House. Nothing concerning the life of
the present tenants is allowed to remain
unpictured. Laddie Boy, the Airedale
puppy presented to President Harding by
an Ohio admirer, has been photographed
30 often since his arrival at the White
House that he is said to have acquired
the camera face. The sheep belonging
10 President Wilson were the targets for
hundreds Of cameras.
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