It is a mistake, to suppose that mero physical beauty lends itsolf easily to the camera. The more- beautiful the sitter the more difficult it becomes to reproduce hor glowing charms with nny degree of fidelity; for physical attributes alone do not constitute the perfect woman—she has soul, personality, magnetism. ' To the skilful wieldcr of the brush -she, the aristocratic sitter, reveals her soul; but presents an impenetrable mash to the photographer. What is the secret ? Tim relations of patron and patronised are stiff and unnatural: there is no pretence at genlnhty—hence listlesa, lifoless portraits.— Strand Magazine."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 3
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97Untitled Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 3
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