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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1474, 7 October 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)

There is probably no art or Industry which re quires— for the production of good work — great ;r care and attention to details than does the art o<" photography. The public are little aware of tli.-* numerous! appliances and processes used m a firstclass photographic establishment. A visit to Mr Martin's studio at Wangauui will prove this to b? so, for it is hero we Hurt numerous rooms, each having its own departmental work and a staff of assistants to carry on that work. We also find electricity is employed m producing the beautiful stippled effect for which Mr Martin's work is so much admired. But the mo3t interesting and, we must say, to our mind, the most complicated process is that of enamelling ; the marvellous beauty imparted to the photograph by this process is truly astonishing. And we are nssurrod by Mr Martin ■ that the enamelling not only produces this beautiful appearance, but renders the picture permanent by means of its air-tight and damp-proof coating. A visit to Wnnganui, if for nothing else than to be photographed at Mr Martin's, would be a highly satisfactory way of .spending ft day,-rf AovT.J