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THERE are some subjects nicely compounded of general and particular interest, such, for example, as photography. In this, too, where amateurs frequently excel, not a few professionals fail from the artistic point of view. The three recent books on this art referred to above merit attention. Mr. Wall evinces a mastery of his subject, though it lacks presentation in a pleasing form; the trees hide the forest. His reference to juxtaposition of colours in preference to superposition is deserving of attention. Capt. Wheeler provides a most attractive book, and it is amusing to read his and Mr. Betts's references to the ‘some-day’ appearance of the talkie film. Capt. Wheeler regards it as “long distant”; Mr. Betts hopes it will be long distant; it has arrived, however, rather prematurely. Mr. Betts's subject is, par excellence, the future of the film, and with it he pictures the combination of television for political propaganda. “Elections may yet be won on good looks rather than fine words, and no doubt we shall be quite as well off.”
Practical Color Photography.
E. J.
Wall
By. Pp.vii + 280. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1929.) 15s. net.
Amateur Cinematography.
Capt.
Owen
Wheeler
By. Pp. xi + 135. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd.; Henry Greenwood and Co., Ltd., 1929.) 6s. net.
Heraclitus: or the Future of the Films.
Ernest
Betts
By. (To-day and To-morrow Series.) Pp. 96. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1928.) 2s. 6d; net.
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M., P. Practical Color Photography Amateur Cinematography Heraclitus: or the Future of the Films . Nature 124, 649 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124649c0
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