Show war photographer thai knew no fear james devoted to his profession heedless of fame or money ever searching for real thing I 1 A war photographer must have the nerve ot a soldier james who Is described in richard barry s port arthur as an obscure great man has gone through life with his nose to his work like a dog following a scent heedless of fame or money it was be whom edison seat into the tropical jungles twenty ears ago to search out a vegetable fiber for the electric lamp ho was the first man to walk through northern rus sla 1 miles from archangel to st petersburg in the philippines he was the only man to photograph the troops actually firing on the foe at the battle of Calo a soldier near him was hit and seized the rifle and cartridge belt and went up with the skirmishers at the siege of he stood on the balls and photographed americans as they were dropped by chinese bullets he went through incredible dangers in getting one of the new s ege shells pounds weight as it left the gun for the battleships in port arthur bay the process 0 photography was a dangerous one the camera was set and tilted at the proper angle As the gunner pulled the lanyard the photographer pressed the bulb he had stuffed his ears with cotton so that the shock would not break the arums for gunners have sometimes been deafened for life the chances were that he would be hurled to the ground and that his camera would be smashed why do ou take the riska asked an observer who knew how often bat tie pictures are faked you can easily take the gun at rest and then paint in a little dust and that wee dot up in the air but tt wouldn t be the real thing said and he went on to the finish with his dangerous task youth s companion |