The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-19
TIE ANNUAL PICTURE SHOW,
Exhibition of the Capital Camera
Club Dnens Monday


The annual exhibition of the Capital
Camera Club Will be opened next Monday
in the Hemicycle at the CoTcoran Art Gal
lery This is the tenth year of the club
exhibitions and it is the first time that
the exhibition has even been held outside
of the club rooms. For several years past
the number of pictures offered the mem
bers of the hanging committee has been
too great for convenient arrangement in
the galleries connected with the clubs
headquarters Consequently il was i'm
possible to show all of the work turned
in Many meritorious pieces were denied
the prominence they should have attain
ed. and to obviate this trouble. more than
anything else, the committee secured pos
session of the great exhibition rooms at
the Corcoran Art Gallery for the display
of this year.
For some time the directing hand in
these exhibitions has been E Francis
Jenkins, one of the most prominent anna
teur photographers in this city. Mr. Jen-
kins had charge Of the hanging Of the pic
lures and the general arrangements for
the exhibitions This year, however, he
| has retired from active participation in
| the clubs exhibit and new hands have
| been selected TO do the work. The COM
lIllILSt Is COM tiSel VI w i44I<zAt4 AAEt 'f~
| H P Simpson, J Marshall Little. J "
L DIIIman. and W S Davenport For
some tine past they have been at work
| collecting pictures and some of the best
work that has ever been done by the clut
members will be shown as the result OF
| this committees Iabors.
| The Photographs as q general rule
| show the result Of careful selection as 70
/ subject, character, and workmanship
| There will be nothing glaringly amateur
| ish this year. All of the pictures are ar
| tistic and some of the results obtained
are marvellous The light effects and gen
| eral posing Of the subjects show the
! greatest care and the mounting of the
pictures. which counts not little in thit
| class of work. is in keeping with the gen
eral tone of the subject
/ The exhibit viii include two sections
| this year. the first to embrace those pic
lures selected for their artistic meri;
| alone, and the second win contain tn,
| photographs where special technique il
J required in the production The july
/ which will pass upon the subjects pre-
| sented viii include a number Of well.
| known painters and photographers anC
! will be presided over by James Henry No
/ ser. The exhibition viii last one week.
The Capital Camera Club has become
F! one Of the most popular organizations
/ in the city and, while there is a gradua
dying out of the picture-tahng fad
! that prevailed for d year or two. person.
! who became absolute devOtees to the cam.
/ era have to q large extent joined the
! club for mutual benefit. Many OF tbs
I photographs TO be shown have been made
/ at the clubs studio with the large camera
/ provided for the use Of the members. II
( addition 10 furnishing the camera. the
/ club also provides dark rooms and every
I facility for developing and printing pic
| is that all of the work, from the taking
/ of the picture to its mounting. shall bc
! done by the member who commenced the
| work In this way all OF the member.
| have the same advantages and none car
complain Of the treatment their work re
/ ceives at the annual exhibition.