The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-15

sonnet hing OF Interest on Every side
for the Amateur or Professional
Picture Taker-A Great Fad Dur
ing the Worlds Fair at Chicago,
BUFFALO. n. Y, MAY 15-'It will re-
ally be difficult for an amateur photog-
rapher TO take snap shots at the Pan
American Exposition and not get some
thing worth having and I VIII tell you
! Why. said T. f Helmer who is in
| charge of Designs and Printing Tor the
Bureau of Publicity. with the experience
of twelve months close study Of the ex-
POSITIONS artistic side, which he has been
| poTtraying in circulars and brochures.
1t is not a place made up only Of vast
courts and big buildings, though the
/ courts are indeed larger than those Of
any previous exposition The courts will
he more of the nature of great gardens
filled with the sort of things that go to
make up Interesting pictUres-trees,
vases. fountains, beds Of flowers, arbors,
fantastic seats covered with awnings
fagstaffs, ard banners, pagodas, terraces,
and baIustTades. with a wealth of Statu-
airy set out amidst trees or under the
spray of fountains And when you look
at the buildings it viii be almost imDos-
sible to get a view without some of these
There VII be 10 straight tlnbToEen IA
cades that are so unsatisfactory IN pho
Geographic compositions, for the buildings
are closely massed together, giving their
towers q chance to group in endless
charming combinations, while on all
sides are trees. fountains, lakes. canals
OF ViGe-Covered pergolas that-cannot fail
to furnish relief to the architectural lines.
7 Imagine yourself in the Court of Foun-
tains for instance At one side of you is
! the great basin of the court splashing and
| shimmeTing under its many jets of water;
along its margin are balUstra(ies, seats
| covered with awnings, a strip Of grass
plot and trees making backgrounds for
some of the choice works of St Gaudeus,
| Macmonnies and other famous sculptors.
You here get out your camera and point
IL say northwest toward the Machinery
Building. In your finder you see a tree or
| bit of statuary that has got to come in
very sweII-by shifting q little you get
| one Of the magnificent entrances to the
! building, or a corner pavilion, between
| breaks Of the foliage. with towers-a host
| Of thern-looming up above all
/ The towers Of the Pan-AmeTican Ex-
] position are going to be forever famous.
| Il suppose nearly everyone. amateur
/ PHOTOGRAPHERS and all, viii want some
| large or panoramic views Of the EXPOSE
/ ton These. of course, are beyond the
| possibilities of 10y cameras, which are
| the largest allowed on the grounds; thus
| the excellent architectural photos OF c.
D. Arnold, the official photographer. VIII
be much priced. But no amateur viii feel
satisfied if he has left n hand camera at
home and cannot. for the small consider
alton Of soc a day, let himself loose on the
wealth Of Photographic game which it
would be impossible for the assiduous as
sistants OF Mr. Arnold TO corral into the
official album OF the exposition
Everybody is bound to find favorite
views-a certain angie of a choice build
ing. a particular pavilion, special sight
from one Of thu pergOlas, a look here or
nook there-something which if preserved,
VIII more clearly take one back to the ex-
position and set him once more in the
midst Of its enjoyments than any pano-
rama or birdseye view.
''YCU know how, from time out Of mind,
artists have been visiting that famous
old pile, the AIhambra Of SrvilIe; how
they have returned from their pilgrim
ages to publish innumerabIe studies Of
the towers, the courts. the Old forsaken
gardens, mementos simply of hooks and
corners Of the inside Of mere masses OF
towers from the outside, but soTs chow al
Ways picturesque They will collect al
most despite themselves a wealth Of pic
lures; not of whole courts and buildings.
but or groups Of towers. views framed in
arcned doorways, bits in and about the
shady persoIas, glimpses of dor.es and
paviliOns through trees and shrubberv and
vistas across pools and lakes, doubling by
reflection the beauty Of this wonderful
color city in its setting Of green earth and
blue heavens
You may think, perhaps. 7 am a little
too enthusiastic, that have dreamed over
this TIL I begin to see things in a superla-
tive, advertising form. Not at all. There
has been little time for dreaming; and I
have handled pictures till one might easily
have tired Of the exposition, but I did not
tire OF At. Ny enthusiasm has constantly
risen, even at the sight of unfinished work
in the trying seasons Of bare fail and
winter. II has been necessary many times
10 tramp over the grounds to find what we
had available in these UnaUspictous sea
sons tor Illustrations in our exposition
matter, and 1 must truthfuIIy say that it
required but little Imagination with such
knowledge as 1 had Of the statuary that
was coming, and the plans Of courts then
laid out on paper, TO see the whole place
a verutable photographers paradise
IN" " ORD AIR at chicago was a
boon 10 photographers, but the Pan
American Exposition viii have the ad-
vantage Of supplying picturesque subjects
at q closer range Big sweeps Of courts
long cOICnnades and immense structures
do not Of themselves appeal TO the snap
shot artist He can get nearer to a build
ing here and taking a portion OF some
richly OrnameHted part, with suggestion
Of extending coIOnnades and overlapping
dOmes and towers, give a satisfactory i'm
preston of the whole structure at the
same time making d far more pleasing
picture Furthermore, the color upon the
Pan-American buildings will make them
easier to photograph than the buildings