Learning on ScreenOld and New - a Photographic Cameo
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- NoS Summary - A woman photographer taking a portrait of a child.
NoS synopsis: "How many of us remember that terrible ordeal of childhood - having a photo taken in the old, old way - " "Thousands of photographers almost took to drink through this kind of worry! Now, however, "taking" ways are altered." Woman photographer sits a little girl down on the ground in a photographers studio and gives her some toys to play with. C/U of the little girl playing with her toys. She turns and looks at the camera. "Using the rapid reflex camera" explained Miss Dora Head, the well-known "Child" Photographer, "one is able to ‘snap’ children whilst they are playing with their toys - " Dora picks up the camera and walks around the child for another view. C/U of Dora holding the camera. She lifts her head and smiles at the camera. "One has a much better chance of taking a "natural" study in this way - " C/U of the child. M/S of photographer and child. - Researcher Comments
- A ‘suggested synopsis’ of this item is present in the Pathe boxfile.
- Keywords
- Women; Photography
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- Pathe
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.208
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP208
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
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- Length of story (in feet)
- 157
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