. Portrait . Portrait of an Old Lady Portrait. Portrait by H. Lerski, Milwaukee, Wis. Portrait paint what he saw before him, and so he set forth todiscover the beauty of each face, no matter how angular,commonplace or self-conscious the features were. Hewould discover in their outward appearance a trace ofthe flame burning within, no matter how smoldering,and would reflect it on his canvases. This surely should be one of the aims of portraitphotography as it is practiced today. Portraiture is anart for the home and the family. With the exceptionof portraits of celebrities and types of extraord
. Portrait . Portrait of an Old Lady Portrait. Portrait by H. Lerski, Milwaukee, Wis. Portrait paint what he saw before him, and so he set forth todiscover the beauty of each face, no matter how angular,commonplace or self-conscious the features were. Hewould discover in their outward appearance a trace ofthe flame burning within, no matter how smoldering,and would reflect it on his canvases. This surely should be one of the aims of portraitphotography as it is practiced today. Portraiture is anart for the home and the family. With the exceptionof portraits of celebrities and types of extraordinarybeauty or interest the photographic portrait appeals onlyto a limited circle. The appreciators and critics of afamily portrait, naturally, know the portrayed personmuch more intimately than the operator. It is well-nigh impossible to fathom a character in the short spanof time that we meet a sitter in the reception-room andunder the skylight. All we can seize upon is the out-ward appearance—the facts that are there, the face, itsstruct
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