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Facsimiles Of Picture: So great been its swift, astounding growth and its internatii importance that its history forms a field in itself; tc port further upon it in these pages is hardly feasibli The greatest technological contribution to pic making in the fecund last two decades of the ninete( century was the perfection of the halftone printing pi which made it possible to print facsimiles of picture: all kinds together with type. (The development of < photomechanical technique, which revolutionized be magazine and newspaper illustration, will be discus in Chapter 14.)
In the same month the Magazine of Science published facsimiles of three photogenic drawings made, not on paper, but on boxwood blocks sensitized by Talbot's process and subsequently engraved by hand.24 They were shadowgraphs of a Fool's Parsley seedling, a sprig of Grass of Parnassus, and a piece of lace.
The advantages to the buyer are obvious. Does it seem like a bad arrangement for the photographer? At first glance it might seem so, but when this same picture is sold over and over, perhaps fifty times in the course of years, the photographer eventually realizes a handsome total return for his effort in shooting the picture for stock sales.
That's why the stock picture photographer doesn't get rich quick, but enjoys a long-term income advantage for his work. Many a picture has earned, over a period of years, more than $1,000 in fees. |
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