Excerpt from Professional Portraiture by Photography in the United States, Vol. 2: A National Academy of Photography President hearn: The address of the President will be postponed until the last thing. I have the pleasure of introducing to you a gentleman who is well known to all of you, and who puts into everything he attempts a great deal of earnestness and energy. I have engaged him to present to you several matters which will develop during the course of his discus sion. I have the pleasure of introducing to you Mr. Thomas Harrison Cummings, of Boston. Mr. President, Members of the Photographers' Association of America, Ladies and Gentlemen: Being invited twice in succession to address this body of distinguished men and women photographers of America is indeed an honor which I deeply appreciate; to be invited to address you upon so congenial a theme as Professional Portraiture in the United States, as I am announced to do in your program, is doubly agreeable, because in my capacity as editor of a photographic magazine I am permitted once more to look into your faces and to voice for you, so far as in me lies, the hopes and aspirations of your profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.