There is probably jid, art or industry which re,' quires— for the' production of good work — gi-enter care and attention to details than docs the art of photography.' The public are little aware of the numerous appliances and processes used m a flrst-. clnss photographic ostablishment. A visit, to Mr Martin's studio at Wansrauui will prove this to be so, for it is here we find numerous rooms, eneli having its own departmental work and a staff of assistants to carry on thnt work. We also find electricity is employed m producing the bountiful stippled effect for which Mr Martin's work is so much admired. But the most interesting and, we must say, to our mind, the most complicated process is Hint of enamelling ; the marvellous bciuti' imparted to the photograph by this process is" truly astonishing. And we arc nssnrred by Mr Mirtin Mint the cnimiciliiiK not only produces' this bo-tnii--fnl npi^Giiranrc, but renders the picture permanent by nic:uis of its nir-tipht ar.d diini)>-]sroof rontingr. A visit to Wnngaiiii', if for r.othing else than to be photographed at Mr Martin's, would bo a hiirhly satisfactory .way of}ipeuding|[a day.— rADYa'.i; ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1456, 16 September 1885, Page 4
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190Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1456, 16 September 1885, Page 4
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