This section is from the book "Uncle Alberts Manual Of Practical Photography And Guide To The Reproductive Processes", by Powell Perry. Also available from Amazon: Uncle Alberts Manual Of Practical Photography And Guide To The Reproductive Processes.
I regard this charmingly idyllic sequence as the Photographer's answer to the spasmodic efforts of the new fangled Bioscopists. There is no flickering light or jerking movements to worry the eyes and unduly excite the senses; and each incident can be carefully examined with the leisurely detachment of the student - and in broad daylight, too. Lest it should be thought that the foregoing remarks are prompted by a narrow professional partisanship I hasten to qualify my dislike on ethical grounds:
In my opinion the Bioscope, or Biograph as its sponsors grandiosely call it, clearly represents a vicious attempt to prostitute Art by latently pandering to the low human instinct for gregariousness, even to the extent of downright promiscuity
In "Hot Feat" the plot is simple and direct with no eternal triangles or vicious circles of any kind. The moral is deftly pointed and the colour adds a convincing realism that is vaguely reminiscent of Tintoretto at his best. The reader will doubtless find it difficult to believe that the basic photographic portions of these superb oil-photo-paintings were taken with an exposure of only one twenty-fourth of a second and an aperture of f8.
In this rather ambitious series of pre natal prints it was my intention to present a vivid, visual record of what goes on in the mind of a young student before she does her homework. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the model - Miss Ophelia Hare-Rhys - for her wholehearted co-operation; a co-operation without which my intentions could certainly not have been realised. The outstanding success of this scientific analysis has been generously recognised by most of the leading psychologists of the day, and I have been so inundated with requests for sets of prints, from every conceivable seat of learning, that I am seriously considering taking advertising space in some of the more abstruse scientific journals. A hint that five shillingsworth of stamps should be enclosed with every request, combined with a definite promise that plain envelopes only will be used, will, I think ensure that applications are limited to bona fide students.
Special Notice
For Lecturing and other educational purposes, both "Hot Feat" and "Don't be a Freud; have a look Alice!" are obtainable in the form of lantern slides. When ordering please state age next birthday.

(1) "Oh dear, how our poor old feet do burn ! "

(2) "Look Emma, there's a spangle-bottomed beaver hiding in the bushes.

(3) "Ah, that's better, girls - come in before the water boils."

(4) "Such gaiety! The others will never believe us when we tell them"

(5) "Good gracious! And you called him a spangle-bottomed beaver."

(6) "How I wish we'd used Blanks Anti-Foot-burn Ointment instead."

(1) "Oh dear, how I hate Algebra . . .

(2) . . . and Geometry . . .

(3) . . . and History . . .

(4) . . . and Emancipation . . .

(5) ... and Botany . . .

(6) . . . and Geography . . .

(7) . . . and standing in horse buses . . .

(8) ... and Economics . . .

(9) . . . and Literature . . .

(10) . . . and Latin roots . . .

(11) . . . and Gardening . . .

(12) . . . and Cube roots . . .

(13) . . . and Aero-dynamics . . .

(14) . . . and Aspidistras

(15) . . . and Woollen underwear . . .

(16) . . . and Eurythmics . . .

(17) ... and Woollen underwear . . .

(18) . . . and Malthus . . .

(19) . . . and Entymology . . .

(20) . . . and Spelling . . .

(21) . . . and Elastic-sided boots . . .

(22) . . . and Woollen underwear . . .

(23) . . . and Cooking . . .

(24) . . . and Chemistry . . .

(25) . . . and Nature Study . . .

(26) . . . and Boyle's Law . . .

(27) ... and Geology . . .

(28) . . . and Ballistics . . .

(29) . • • and the Binomial Theorem . . .

(30) . . . and Ballet . . .

(31) . . . and Elastic-sided boots . . .

(32) . . . and Woollen underwear . . .

 
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