Artistry and Artifice in The Times Studio – NYTimes.com

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Artistry and Artifice in The Times Studio

It was easy for The Times to get a picture in the old days. The subjects came to us.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/artistry-and-artifice-in-the-times-studio/

In the 1920s and ’30s, if you wanted your picture in The New York Times — and almost anyone promoting a Broadway play or a charitable ball or an Antarctic expedition wanted to be pictured in The New York Times — you wouldn’t wait for us to come to you. You’d come to us.