Henry Van Der Weyde

Henry Van der Weyde carried a pocket watch he never used just to keep strangers talking. He set up his London studio near a theater, so actors popped in between shows, one day a whole troupe posed in costume while he fiddled with electric lights instead of chemicals. His trick was making faces glow from inside, not from glare.

Try the Guy Little photo of a woman in a feathered hat; the light looks alive on her cheek.