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"What
is to be done is obliged to be
done
quickly.
The whole character of the
sitter is to be read at first
sight; the whole likeness, as
it shall appear when finished,
is to be seen at first, in
each and all its details, and
in their unity and
combinations."
Albert
S. Southworth, Comments
at the National
Photographic
Association,
1870
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"Our
plates are the largest, most
highly polished, and have a
more perfect surface; our
pictures have a surpassing
delicacy in their finish;
there is no sameness in our
positions and use of the
light, it being adapted to the
design of showing every face
in its best view. As far as
possible we imitate nature in
her most beautiful forms, by a
mellow blending of lights and
shades, an artistic effect of
drapery and figure, a pleasant
air, a forcible expression,
and startling animation;
representing
thought,
action, and feeling or
soul."
--From
"Artists' Daguerreotype
Rooms, No. 5-1/2
Tremont Row,
Boston, Southworth
& Hawes" in
The Massachusetts
Register for the Year
1853, p.326.
Courtesy:
Gary W. Ewer
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