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The Portrait And Nevsky: Unlike his romantic stories, Gogol's St. Petersburg stories, such as The Portrait and Nevsky Prospect (from Arabesques) and his most celebrated story, The Overcoat (from the 4-volume Collected Works, 1842), set artistic, erotic, dreamlike themes against the background of the dynamic capital city. They emphasized the "disharmony between dream and reality," in the words of Piskarev in Nevsky Prospect, and underlined the conflict between what ought to be and what is.
However, although a long focal length lens is mandatory, it need not be expensive. The utmost of critical sharpness in a portrait lens is not necessary, or even desired, since considerable diffusion can be tolerated in portrait negatives. Your lens needn't be in a shutter for strictly studio portraits, either. A lens in barrel is perfectly satisfactory, since you can provide yourself with a simple Packard shutter to use behind the lens. Many portrait men actually prefer the Packard to the more costly between-the-lens shutters.
"At the time of your new arrival, listeners were informed of the good news by this station. Now that the baby is growing up, we wish to send you our special gift: a 5x7 natural color portrait of the baby, compliments of this station.
"The portrait may be made anytime within 30 days before or after the baby's first birthday. Just call Blank Studio at this number and make an appointment. Then take this letter with you when the portrait day arrives. We hope you will treasure this gift for many years." |
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