MORE MEN OF MARK. By Alvin Langdon. Coburn. (Duckworth and
Co. 25s. net.)
The present volume is a successor to-the Men of Mark published in 1013, and shows the same delightful ability in Mr. Coburn as a photographer. It consists of twenty-three photograph portraits and an amusing introduction by Mr. Coburn, in which he relates how he came to meet and photo- graph his " men of mark." His work is as sympathetic as that of the camera can be, a result no doubt due to his own rapid grasp of the best pose for each sitter's character. To show character is always his object, and he does not allow himself the tricky and exaggerated posing to which so many otherwise excellent photographers resort. It is difficult to select for special commen- dation from works already so carefully selected, but the portraits of Messrs. Ezra Pound, Anatole France, Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Joseph Conrad and Clifford Bax particularly impress us. If we must choose the least good we should say it is, perhaps, that of Mr. W. H. Davies. But the degrees of merit are small. Mr. Coburn is doing good work for the camera and for posterity.
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