The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07
ND-CANERA in ART
SCHUNEMAN & EVANS DEVISE A
PLAN TO ELEVATE ITS
STANDING
PRIZES FOR FINE PHOTOS

BY This Means 1t Is Desired to In
cite the Young Camera Enthusi-
nsts OF 81. Paul Especially to the
Exercise of Their Best Artists
Taste and the Development of a
Careful Execution of Their Work
With the advent of spring comes invari-
ably revival of interest in amateur pho
Biography, especially here where the rigor
OF the winters makes snap shot photeg
raphy the necessary companion OF more
or less personal discomfort, which has
discouraging effect on any but the most
enthusiastic. Those who do brave the
winters storms have their reward in
some marvellous ice and snow effects
which are TO be found, notably at Mime
haha falls and IN other picturesque giens
and gorges along the river, not to men
ton the winding sweeps of the river itself,
rarely if ever entirely frozen over in the
immediate vicinity of st. Paul
But with spring there is a boundless
field in which the awakened enthusiasm
or the devotee OF the camera nay exert
itself The lake resorts, host of pic
tGresque spots along the cycle paths, the
summer beauties of the wooded river
gorge, historic Smelling, placid Como, the
Indian mounds, Shadow falls, Fawn's leap
and lnnumerable other beauty spots offer
4 perennial standing temptation to the
camera enthusiast to spend his or her
spare time in photography, even if by
personal application to the science of the
art they are able to keep the expense
down to minimum.
II is with g view to Qhtainippr not onli
& collection which may in some way be
representative of the possibilities of anna
teur photography in and around st. Paul
but to encourage the development among
the users of the camera in this vicinity
higher appreciation of the artistic and
a closer study of subjects that is to be
accredited to the genus denominated with
some dtSrespect, the kodak hend." that
Schuneman q Evans have offered Il series
of prizes for the best pictures on fixed
classes of subjects taken with the three
cameras which they handle in their stock
the Cyclone. Lightning and Blair Hawk
eye. These contests, the first fruits of
which are reproduced in the G o b e of
this morning by the half-tone process
show that high order of artistic talent
has already been developed, and II the
standard is maintained as creditably In the
contests which will continue until June
e. the results will include collection of
artistic photographs which will reflect I'M
usual credit, as well on the makers as on
the users Of the cameras, and at the
same time embody, no doubt some of
the most artistic selections os photogra-
ph1c subjects which the environment Of
st. Paul affords In a scenic way.
The first contest, the three best pic
lures In which are reproduced in the pa
per this issue, was limited to interior
home scenes, a field of artistic effort
which is most severe on the novice, and
the results attained are for that reason
the more fattering.
Next weeks contest will be outdoor
home scenes, and the later contests will
include the following classification of
artistic subjects:
May lS1,Architectural scenes, houses,
May 26-Street scenes in st. Paul or
June General landscapes.
June S-River scenery.
June Effort Smelling and vicinity.
June 22-Minnehaha Falls and vicinity.
June 29-Como Park and vicinity,