Modern Photography.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 12, 24 March 1909, Page 10

Modern Photography.

Mr. W. H. Bartlett, of Auckland, is determined to advance the status of photography in the Dominion. For months past the old premises have been undergoing a complete transformation. •To-day the new studio can stand as the highest example of what a modern photographic studio should be, and incidentally it should have a wholesome effect upon the furnishing and decoration of private dwellings and business premises. Mr. Bartlett has expressed his ideas in a simple, and chaste form of decoration, and has avoided all suspicion of anything garish or brilliant, and so thorough has he been in executing all the details of his plan, from the quiet dignity of the arch in green tiles, the electric lighting that gleams from dainty statuettes and veiled globes, to the charming oak parquetry flooring, oiled rimu staircase and woodwork, a feeling of repose and contentment is immediately engendered in the visitor. The prevailing colour is ivy green, which psychologists tells us has a calming effect, but. distinctly free from the clement of depression which blue is liable to piovoke, upon the emotions of those coining within its influence. Then there are coloured glass leaded windows with simple scenes represented, and the light broken faintly by colour adds to the serenity of the studio. The studio proper is spacious and enchanting; and the reception room furnished in the Libert)’ style, and the ladies’ boudoir in a modern tone, only still further express and emphasize the subdued and purely artistic note that Mr. Bartlett endeavours to strike in his ambition fo make his studio worthy of his art and the City that has warmly supported his talents.