Pictorial Photography in America 1922

Pictorial Photographers Of America, Albert E. (Albert Edward) Sterner, Heyworth Campbell, Henry Hoyt [Commentator] Moore

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Title: Pictorial Photography in America 1922

Author: Pictorial Photographers of America

Release Date: February 8, 2009 [Ebook 28024]

Language: English

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Pictorial

Photography in

Pictorial Photographers

New York

1922

of

America

America

1922

Committee of Selection D R . A. D. C HAFFEE J OHN P AUL E DWARDS G. W. H ARTING D R . A RNOLD G ENTHE G ERTRUDE K ASEBIER O.C. R EITER

Advisory Committe from American Institute of Graphic Arts R AY G REENLEAF H ARRY A. G ROESBECK , J R . W ILLIAM E DWIN R UDGE

LMER

Publication Committee G UY G AYLOR C LARK G. W. H ARTING D R . T HERON W. K I J OSEPH R. M ASON H ENRY H OYT M OORE C ORNELIA W HITE M ILDRED R UTH W J ERRY D. D REW ,Chairman

ILSON

Illustrations

A DECORATIVE PANEL ByThos. O. Sheckell,Salt Lake City, Utah. . . . . . . IN A DANCER'S STUDIO ByWayne Albee,Seattle, Washington. . . . . . . . . HOUSE-BOATS ByErnest M. Pratt,Los Angeles, Calif.. . . . . . . . . MAY I COME IN? ByRobert R. McGeorge,Buffalo, N. Y.. . . . . . . . . THE DISTANT SAIL ByWilliam Gordon Shields,New York City. . . . . . GATEWAY, DINAN ByDr. Chas. H. Jaeger,New York City. . . . . . . . . SILHOUETTES EGYPT ByJ ULIA M ARSHALL ,Duluth, Minn.. . . . . .. . . . . MOUNT EVERETT ByRobert B. Montgomery,Brooklyn, N. Y.. . . . . . . THE BACK FENCE ByC. R. Herzler,New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . ON DECK OF THE METAGAMA ByJ OHAN H AGEMEYER ,San Francisco, Calif.. . . . . . TIDEWATER ByAmelia H. McLean,Bronxville, N. Y.. . . . . . . . STREET VENDORS ROME, ITALY By H. A. Latimer, Boston, Mass.. . . . . . .. . . . . SUMMERTIME ByP AUL W IERUM ,Chicago, Ill.. . . . . . . .. . . . . TORSO OF A DANCER ByArnold Genthe,New York City. . . . . .. . . . .

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A MAINE FISHING ByE UGENE P. H ENRY ,Brooklyn, N. Y.. . SMOKE ByW. H. Z ERBE ,Richmond Hill, N. Y.. PUEBLO ByErnest Williams,Los Angeles, Calif.

VILLAGE . . . . . . . EATERS . . . . . . . DWELLING . . . . . . .

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Contents

SINCERITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE YEAR'S PROGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ON IDEAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PURPOSE OF THE PICTORIAL PHOTOGRA- PHERS OF AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA

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SINCERITY

Art that endures is sincere. It is universal in its appeal though it may have been produced in a remote corner of the world by one who was unacquainted with the work of artists. I remember going with a friend into a picture gallery in Chicago, where an artist I think his name was Bradford was showing some sketches he had brought back from the arctic regions. How true these areI exclaimed. How do you know? said my companion, you have never been to the North Pole. That is not necessaryI rejoined. These studies have the truth written in every inch of them.The work proclaimed the sincerity of its maker. He who reverently observes life and wrests from its verities those elements which are in tune with his egotransposes these into some concrete form without the damning desire for self aggrandizement, pretense, or mere seeking for originality is building on good foundations. It is from an over-weening desire for originality that most of the affectations of so called Modern Artproceed. Natural individuality the sincere personal vision of the artist is an inherited asset. His work is the acquiring of a technique, the constant patient practice and experiment in his particular craft. This unending exercise gives the artist power to state his message clearly in the simplest way. The graphic artist is concerned with pictorialideas. These are necessarily limited; they must be ideas possible of expression by light and shade, by line, by form, by color. The artist's

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