Identifier: mccluresmagazinev8mccl (find matches)
Title: McClure's magazine
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949
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Publisher: New York : S.S. McClure
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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f the last twenty years, andhas a great fund of unusual anecdotesabout them. When he begins to tellstories of Whitman and Beecher, of WilliamHunt and Richardson, of Amelie Rivesand Duse, it is only an unusually dull andpreoccupied mood which will prevent onefrom becoming interested. The quaintand original expressions; the unconven- tional opinions; the odd personal observa-tions; the contempt for shams, surprise andarouse the subject. Before he is aware he,too, is talking animatedly. Mr. Cox tellswith appreciation how Bishop Taylor, thegreat African missionary, came to himonce to be photographed. He was forsome time indifferent and dull, not under-standing at all what the artist was after,but finally thawed out, and Mr. Cox caughtone of his best portraits just as the agedBishop finished telling with great gustothe story of a young man coming to theship to see him off on a recent voyage. Cood-by, dear Bishop, he blubbered; I shall probably never see you again. 562 A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER.
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G. C. Cox, Photographer. BISHOP TAYLOR. 4 No, said the Bishop, you may bedead when I get back. It is not only the habitual mask of a facewhich must be conquered. Many peoplesuffer from what is called camera fear.In front of the machine they become, inspite of themselves, rigid and lifeless.Cox believes that this peculiar feeling isbest conquered by taking the subject in hisown home or place of work. There henaturally wears a lighter mask and fallsmore readily into characteristic attitudes.Many of Mr. Coxs happiest results havebeen obtained by studying his subjects intheir own homes. Thus the fine portraitof Richardson was taken in the architects house. His recent experiences in photo-graphing Mr. Cleveland at the White Houseand Major McKinley at Canton, have beenequally convincing that if one wishes tomake a real portrait it is wiser to study thesubject where he is most at home. In taking photographs Mr. Cox aims tomake as many as six negatives. A com-plete series of his pictures runs

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