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    The author went to a photography studio to have his portrait taken. However, the photographer was overly critical of the author's appearance and suggested changing his facial features. When the photograph was developed, the author was shocked to see that the photographer had heavily retouched the photo, altering his eyebrows, mouth, and removing facial hair without permission. The author was angry that the photo no longer accurately depicted his real appearance.

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    The author went to a photography studio to have his portrait taken. However, the photographer was overly critical of the author's appearance and suggested changing his facial features. When the photograph was developed, the author was shocked to see that the photographer had heavily retouched the photo, altering his eyebrows, mouth, and removing facial hair without permission. The author was angry that the photo no longer accurately depicted his real appearance.

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    With the Photographer

    by Stephen Leacock

    INTRODUCTION:

    Stephen Leacock’s short story With the Photographer was published in 1913. In this work the author has
    shared his bitter experience with a professional photographer in a humorous tone. He used first person
    narration and the narrator is an unnamed 40 years old, man.

    CHARACTERS:

    Author: A 40 years old, man. He is the protagonist of the story and the narrator.

    Photographer: A drooping man in a gray suit.

    SETTING:

    Studio- In those days studio plays a major role in getting a person photographed unlike the present age
    where there is a variety of gadgets available.

    SUMMARY:

    One fine day, the author went to a studio to take a photograph of him. “I want my photograph taken”,
    said the author to the Photographer. After looking at him, the Photographer asked him to sit and wait,
    without enthusiasm. After an hour, he asked him to come in. Author went in and sat down under a beam of
    sunlight filtered through a sheet of factory cotton. He rolled his camera but was not satisfied with his face.
    “The face is quite wrong”, he said. Even though it is humiliating, the author accepted his statement. He
    found fault with every part of the author’s face and suggested that it would have been better if it was three-
    quarters full. He kept on complaining about his head, ears and his facial features and twisted it. Soon after,
    he told him to open his wide mouth a little and close it immediately. When the photographer continued
    finding faults with his face and physical appearance, author asked him to stop his complaints.

    “This face is my face. It is not yours, it is mine. I’ve lived with it for forty years and…”

    After speaking harshly, author started to rise from the seat; in the meantime the photographer pulled the
    string in the camera and took the photograph without the conscious knowledge of author. He had caught the
    author in a moment of animation (candid). Author asked to show his picture but he neglected and asked him
    to come back on saturday to collect the developed proof.

    Author came back to the photo studio on saturday to receive his copy of the photograph. When the
    photographer unfolded the proof, the author was shocked and asked “is it me?” The photograph is quite
    unlike of him - all his facial features were altered. The photographer had effected many changes and
    retouched them. He also removed the eyebrows and drew new ones and adjusted his mouth a little. He
    happily stated that, he used a process named the delphide for removing them. He had even removed the hair
    that was on his face. This enraged author to blast over the photographer. He said he had come there for a
    photograph exactly like him, the real him but the photographer has changed his whole appearance to show
    his professional photographer tag. He asked him to keep that photograph with him because, for him it is
    worthless. In the end, the author left the studio with tears.

    CONCLUSION:

    Originality is beautiful and real. Being an original is about finding something unique about one self.
    If everything is judged by appearance, no one can see the sweet fruit hidden like in a jackfruit. An original is
    worth more than a copy.

    THEMES:

    · Insecurity

    · Anger

    · Appearance

    · Confidence

    · Acceptance

    · Control

    · Dishonour

    · Humiliation

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