Pictorial Photography in America 1921

Pictorial Photographers Of America, Henry Hoyt [Commentator] Moore, Clarence H. (Clarence Hudson) White, Arthur Wesley Dow

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Title: Pictorial Photography in America 1921

Author: Pictorial Photographers of America

Release Date: February 8, 2009 [Ebook 28023]

Language: English

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA 1921***

Pictorial

Photography in

Pictorial Photographers

New York

1921

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America

America

1921

LNAEEE OREO SRD

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Editorial Board C LARENCE H. W H H ENRY H OYT M D WIGHT A. D AVIS J OHN P AUL E

Committee on Publication H ENRY H OYT M W ALTER L. E HRICH R AY G R J OHN A.

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Illustrations

THE HAMPTON SINGER ByD OROTHY A BBOTT ,New York City. . . . . . . . . . THE ARCH OF JEWELS, NEW YORK CITY ByW ILLIAM A. A LCOCK ,New York City. . . . . . . . . WILLOW VALLEY ByC HARLES K. A RCHER ,Pittsburgh, Pa.. . . . . . . . PRAYERS OF BUDDHA ByF. B AUER ,San Francisco, Cal.. . . . . . .. . . . . THE SWANS ByJ ESSE T ARBOX B EALS ,New York City. . . . . . . . ABOVE THE CLOUDS ByC LARK B LICKENSDERFER ,Denver, Colo.. . . . . . . GRAMERCY PARK ByM ARY F. B OYD ,Chambersburg, Pa.. . . . . . . . . HILL TOP WINTER ByG EORGE B UTLER ,Worcester, Mass.. . . . . . . . . WEISSTHURM ROTENBURG O. TAUBER ByA. D. C HAFFEE ,New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . CABLES ByA RTHUR D. C HAPMAN ,West Hoboken, N.J.. . . . . BOOKPLATE ByA LFRED C OHN ,Brooklyn, N.Y.. . . . . . .. . . . . THE BUGLE CALL ByD WIGHT A. D AVIS ,Worcester, Mass.. . . . . . . . . THE BRIDGE ByJ OHN P AUL E DWARDS ,Sacramento, California. . . . MY FATHER ByV ERNON E. D UROE ,Brooklyn, N.Y.. . . . . . . . . .

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viii Pictorial Photography in America 1921 MAIDS O' THE MIST ByM R . AND M RS . J. D. D REW ,Montclair, N.J.  15 . . . . . AFTERNOON TEA ByE LEANOR C. E RVING ,Albany, N.Y. 16. . . . . . . . . . SUMMER PORTRAIT ByL AURA G ILPIN ,Colorado Springs, Colo.. . . . . . . 17 SAND DUNE ByM ILDRED R UTH W ILSON ,Flushing, Long Island. . . 18 Advertisement: Pinkham and Smith Company . . . . . . . 24 Advertisement: Eastman Kodak Company . . . . . . . . . 25 Advertisement: Ansco Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Advertisement: Ica-Contessa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Advertisements: Kalogen; Willis and Clements . . . . . . 28 Advertisements: Wollensack Optical Company; Willoughby's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Contents

PAINTING WITH LIGHT . . . . . . . . THE YEAR'S PROGRESS . . . . . . . . HOW WE MAKE OUR PHOTOGRAPHS

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PAINTING WITH LIGHT

ByA RTHUR W ESLEY D OW Professor of Fine Arts in Teachers College, Columbia University The painter need not always paint with brushes, he can paint with light itself. Modern photography has brought light under control and made it as truly art-material as pigment or clay. The old etchers turned chemical action to the service of Art. The modern photographer does the same, using the mysterious forces of nature as agents in making his thoughts visible. It's a long story of effort and experiment since someone observed that an inverted landscape on the wall of a darkened room was painted by light coming through a hole in a shutter. The shutter and the dark room are still acting, but now we can hold the fleeting vision. While we rejoice in the triumph of Science it is the triumph of Art that concerns us most. The photographer has demonstrated that his work need not be mechanical imitation. He can control the quality of his lines, the spacing of his masses, the depth of his tones and the harmony of his gradations. He can eliminate detail, keeping only the significant. More than this, he can reveal the secrets of personality. What is this but Art? Just here we must remember that neither light, nor chemicals, nor camera, nor nature tell us anything of Art that Art is not the child of Knowledge or Science or Nature, but is born of trained Appreciation in the soul of man. He that would paint with light must be first of all a Designer. His chief concern will be to find and use his own powers of choice and appreciation. He will need the studio more than the laboratory. What is Design?Ask Korin, Hiroshige, Giotto, Rembrandt, Titian; ask the master-photographers who can build harmonies

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