This shows a man dressed in new angling clothes by a low waterfall, casting for and hauling in a fish. It's a brief, well composed actuality that is so anonymous and pointless that the very impulse to make it, let alone exhibit it seems peculiar more than a century later, little more than a picture post card. Perhaps it was thought of as an item for Warwick Trading's American partner, Biograph, for their Mutoscope machines.
Perhaps it was a means to extend the contemplation of an image. Someone might look at a picture of an angler and feel its value had been exhausted in a few seconds, while the action and hope for action would keep the audience watching for a full minute. If so, it feels like a cheat.
Perhaps it was a means to extend the contemplation of an image. Someone might look at a picture of an angler and feel its value had been exhausted in a few seconds, while the action and hope for action would keep the audience watching for a full minute. If so, it feels like a cheat.
