New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
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Il w cave his readers remarked, Very
pretty. but rather long drawn out
| When the Egyptian chiseled tale in his
/ .siroglyphics on a large consignment of bricks
lis reading public criticized: "a good yarn,
/ e. lot of waste motion in the telling
When the Greek by the aid of his alphas and
| bis betas wrote vividly and copiously old sub
! urbers communicated: Fine Glad you've
/ 90, away from the picture writing
| When the reporter-not the cub; that's just
4 n fction-pounded out his account of an ex-
ting event the editor complimented: ga
rsst word picture
Aad now perhaps we've rounded the cycle
rss the photographer comes in with three or
fur negatives and the editor scrutinzes them
and comments: That's the story. Caption
trsr pictures. Lines under them. X marks
. he spot where the body was found Snuff.
| So there we are again,
| Twenty years ago there were three firms
Usually taking pictures for the newspapers
People seeing the photographs were moved to
mmark how fortunate it WAS that somenody
! ah camera happened to be around Wneh
ast incident occurred Now there are many,
-,py more such companies, and their camera
ns arc on hand waiting for the news event
aake place OF they are there so shortly
;4srward that the smoke or the spray or the
,,esrne or whatever it happens to he IS stul
in Evidence. And in a surprisingly brief time
after that there arc pictures Of it all In the
papers,
Thus the news photographer, ''the reporter
] with The camera has come to his own. With
his magic box he vlsualizes for the readers OF
pspers. His is the first aid to ailing iplaglna-
tons. He says it" for those busy people who
shave no time for reading for those lazy
people who haven't the inclination, for those
foreign folk who lack the ability. He tells
them. Take one look at what I've done and
you'll see how il all was. You're Just as good
as on the scene He Is the prehistoric cave
artist back again, with superior equipment.
Some say he's lust an auxiliary arm; that
he is to the writer as the artillery in modern
warfare is to the infantry, but they admit
that many news battles cannot be Won without
him and his PICTURES. Others are of the opin-
ion that it's just the other way around And
there's one widely known writer who is quoted
as declaring that one good photograph Is
power, is the news photographer.
HIS rise to power is attributed by one editor
Of Photographic news to the influence of the
movies" which so increased the desire of the
public to see pictures. moving or still. II
there is any specific event to which this inter
est may be hooked up, this editor believes 1t
to be the sinking of the Titanic, when the
shock of great tragedy and the thrill of the
wireless appeals sent by the liner focused IN
terest in the views which were obtained.
The organization of the news photograph
companies is complete and efficient, much on
the lines Of the newspapers they serve. They
nave their managing editors, their city edl-
'ofs their star photographers, their stats OF
hignt and day aption writers and their ready
hles The newspapers are followed for coming
events and tips are obtained in other manners.
Sfanch Offices are maintained in every town
II this country that boasts a telegraph Office.
and foreign bureaus cover the world. Sales
men canvass the various newspaper offices at
sast SIX times day as fresh pictures are
'sought in and developed.
Speed is requirement for the handling of
PICTURES which may be every bit as "hot" as
!'eid the palm to the English, who in emer
seAeies consistently can have their runners
vu' and on their way to the newspapers with
u.y prints ten minutes after the arrival of the
pao9ographer with his plates This they ac-
rs0'hpllsh by quicker developing process.
from twenty-five to thirty minutes, it is said.
-,suaiiy is the best time made in this country,
s',aough one firm points with pride to this
wsvA,evement: ~ Some fifty-fve hours after the
..'. "ah Street explosion photographs of the scene
lived by mail and were published in Den
" paper. And Denver is at least two days
Assel from New York.
s"e thousand dollars is the largest price
.."sh to have been paid for news photo
s,apa' ss. Occasionally 81 900 is paid, and the
.s., .,s ranges down to So, the standard for non
Exclusive news dailies.
&. .Asehulty and anticipation are big parts of
=. game For instance, an editor saw small
paslaph announcing that the Pope was i'll.
sNihg that in the case Of such personages
- Q, sickness is not given out unless it is