The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
PHOTO SALON DATE
HAS BEEN CHANGED
PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN TWO
DAYS EARLIER.
Local Committees Are Hard at Work
Preparing for Famous Works of
Painters and photographers Mbit
i'm Chicago Is Drawing Many Visitors
Daily-Entire World Contributes.

The date for the opening of the Pho
Geographic Salon at the art gallery has
been changed to the afternoon Of March
81 instead of March 90 This change
has been made necessary by the word +
from Toledo, to which place the salon.
goes next. that the exhibit is billed to
open there two days, earlier than was (
expected here, This change will make
the time between the departure of the j
exhibit from Chicago and it's arrival
and arrangement here only six days,
and will demand good deal of hust- |
ling from the management here.
But the officers of the Camera club
are taking hold of their responsibilities
with great amount Of energy and en-
thusiasm, which is seconded heartily by
the Art society's committee. If the
photographs reach here by the morning
Of March "a, as it is now expected they
will, the work of putting up the screens
in the gallery and Of hanging the pho
tographs upon them will be rushed thru
at once under the supervision of the
heads of the two committees.
Retain Present Paintings.
The permanent exhibit of paintings
in the gallery will not be taken down:
The screens will be placed in front OF
these, method used at the time the
first salon was here, two years ago, and
one which economies time and labor.
The jury of selection for this salon
has been exacting, and the result shows
in the artistic character of the admls-
sions. Considering the high standard
set and the character of the final jury,
made up from painters of the rank OF
Alexander, Wiles and Cox, it is pro-
fessional triumph for each photographer
whose name appears on the catalog.
4 There are 221 American exhibits by
eighty workers, and 1872 foreign exhib-
it's, by forty-two workers, no less than
twelve foreign countries being repre-
sented. In addition to the awards men
toned in last Sundays Journal, George
} Power of Chicago gained the $50 prize
offered by the Landmark Publishing
company for the best picture Of his
torical landmark This was given FOL
photograph Of Niagara falls.
Attendance Is Large.
4 The Chicago exhibit, now on in the
9 Art Institute there, was opened OF
a March i. as an invitation affair for tn
8 first view. Invitations were sent gu
: widely to art institutions. At the sam
time three other exhibits were opened
;. the Golfers Weekly illustrations, tn
e Jules Guerin paintings, and Charles +
:, Halberg's exhibit. The union Of tw
: or three exhibits in this way helps GU
4 the attendance at each; but the salo1
; has had the honors in Chicago, and ma
i drawn large crowds. -
The same report comes from all owe
the country, wherever the photograph
2 have been. At Carnegie Institute
count was kept Of the attendance Tn FL
highest record for one day was 2,99
=. persons. During the whole exhib1
y 9,683 visitors were polled, probably tn
:. highest record Of attendance at an
d Photographic exhibition, Here IS pre-
1t ty good evidence that the people %
to iieve that photography is art, when !;
y has an artistic photographer to handl
j. X the tools Of photographic art.