Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-27

which is supposed to resemble q
painting or statue. Subjects for such
photographs are generally draped or
nude. and to get n classical effect
the photographer directs the details
of the pose that is to be held.
The other type that is often posed
is the fashion picture. This is real
~ a photograph of a dress or hat
rather than the actress who wears
1t. Her personality is for the mo
ment neglected while the photog-
rapher concentrates on the PERSONAL
ity of the clothes. He studies var
ious poses ard finds one that best
reveals the distinctive charactes OF
the creation.
Vetoes Extreme Clothes
Wide experience with the latest
and most intense styles leads dc
Miro to the following brief eoncIu-
sion: Modern clothes are attrac-
tive and artistic when not too ex-
treme."
The temperamental actress does
not upset this photographer. He too
is an artist. He has been a land
scape painter, and he has been on
the Spanish stage.
"If a star becomes temperamental
ard emotional" he says, 81 also be-
come temperamental and emotional.
[ can understand, and [ do not have
trouble"
An artist photographer nowadays
apparently has to know considerably
more than how to operate the cam
era in his studio. For one thing he
must keep up with competitors all
over the country. Not long ago, de
Miro made a tout of the country to
study the work of photographers in
different sections.
Photography is changing every
day." he declares, land it is neces-
sary to be up-to-date. The tendency
is always toward greater artistry.
America now has the highest STAN
dards. 1t has the best instruments
and the best lenses. Just now there
is great interest in studying old
masterpieces of painting. Photog-
raphers are finding inspiration in the
poses and backgrounds of paintings
displayed in the great art galleries
of the world"
photographs are an important ne
lcessity throughout the theatrical pro-
f%ession, but the most photographed
type of production is a musical
comedy or a review, according to
Dexter White, business executive of
the same studio. A musical comedy
company will spend from five to ten
thousand dollars on pictures, he saws.
before the show opens. For four or
five days the studio will be given
over to the costumes, trunks, maids.
and perhaps temperaments, of one
collection of beauties.
The photographs are taken for
certain different purposes. Some are
for the manager; others are for pub
licity. A separate set is made for
reproduction in magazines, and a
fourth collection of negatives Is the
actress personal use, for her friends
and admirers. These personal pic
lures are usually what is known as
soft focus pictures, not hard and
distinct, but so vague as to look
blurred. They are intended to give
the same effect as a face gives in
real life where the air and distance
soften the lines. A musical comedy
actress is said to use about 500 per-
sonal photographs a year This is not
a large number compared with the
movie stars 100, 900 or more. but If
is a considerable item.
In the musical comedy atmo-
sphere, as well as in more solemn
environment, the artist photographer
goes looking for souls, and finding
them. His sitters want to be nm
derstood. DE Miro tells of a girl
in the chorus of a musical review
who begged him not to photograph
her as a gold digger chorus girl. She
had an ambition to be great singer
and she wanted that ideal to be a
ried over into her pictures. That is
what one photographer means when
he talks about souls and individual
ity.