The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-29
Masterpieces of Photo
graphic Craft Exhibited
by Capital Club.
EASTERN CITIES
WELL REPRESENTED
Awards 10 Be Based on Subject
and Treatment. Not on
Technique.

With only such pictures chosen for
display as are considered masterpieces
Of The Photographic craft. the nineteenth
annual exhibition Of the Capital Camera
Club which opens May FOR one week
Is expected To De the most satisfactory
and successful in the history OF the
club The pictures are TO be shown IN
The hemicycIe Of the Corcora1 Art Gal
Iery- The formal opening Viu be by
invitation.
More than 90 pictures have been &C
Cepted f0I hanging. although more than
so we're offered Many Of the pictures
20 be hung are the works OF prominent
Photographic artists or New York ana
Philadelphia, and other large cities of
the East All the pictures VIII have
been put through a severe censorship
before they are hung for exhibition
Purposes Of Club.
UeII-known artists comprise the board
Of Judges. They are Richard n Brooks,
president of the Washington Society or
Artists L g. Messer, principal OF the
Corcorsn School Of Art and member OF
The National Society Of Fine Arts
James H. NIoser, president Of Washing
ton Water Color CIuG. Mrs II N Leis-
,.uing. and Max WeyL
The primary object or the SION = 20
encourage pictorial composition ana de-
EeIor more critical las. p among ar
urulozraul-TS- TIE Cams-a CsID eN-
nlbiLious OF former years have NoEneN
wonders in this respect already, as :
amply proven by the hisn cIial aS-eE GA
rliS years exhibits
40 prizes viii be given As F. G.
crow. vice president or the camera
Club naivcIy put IL Most OF rs are
r-.z ~r
All pictures are Judged from purely
artistic standpoint. as regards the Sc
lection AND treatment OF the SUBJECT No
attempt IS made To cFLtiri~e the let--
ufgue NJ . study as a photograph.
To attempt 10 describe a TENN 81 me
pictures IN the exhibit, which merit more
than passing praise, would be lmpcs-
sibie, but a discussion OF few OF those
which have excited the most favorable
comment from the judges VIII perhaps
give some idea as 10 the results those
WaE5rians Of the darkroom have at
tanned.
Notable Exhibits.
For instance, .Summer Freszss,- by
r. L. CrandaU, OF the AE-icUI e-Iral De
partmeur. is an example II the phOtoE-
raphers skill that has called forth
praise from both judges and fellow
arJIsts- II shows a broad, sluggish
stream. winding slowly through a val
ley lfr. CTandalls treatment OF this
subject IS highly creditabla 20 his skill
ANOTHER picture expected to receive
especial mention is the portrait Of Mrs.
Nicholas LlonEworth. by Harris Ewing
The portrait or Samuel GOmDers, by
Charles Baker. is also attracting con
Slderab attention "A Study in Ex-
preston from. the w H Towies
studio is rated one Or the best bits Of
porTaiture submitted, and the full
length exhibit, the Profile OF Mrs. g..
by D b Edmonston, was unanimously
voted q masterpiece On account of the
rare beauty ana the unique treatment
or the subject he Days Of TOTe,- By
A. A Rourk. Of the Agricultural De-
paTtnent, is expected 10 attract consid-
Other entries worthy OF mention are
the Cherokee Road BY Moonlight"
rom the studio Of Harry j. Schulz
New Noon by w G. R4bcock- Moth
er's Baby by Elias Go1dinsEzv- an art
tst Of International fame who has ex-
hlbited at ali the leading salons Of the
world and ON the Bay" by William
n NetheTIand-
Some OF Exhibitors.
The following are the Washington
ians who viii exhibit
". G.. RabcOck. l. r. Bachrach, ".
X. BaChrach, Charles A Baker. ".
Barber. Frank NJ BoUtier. =. II. Brook
irs. W D BrodhUm. p c. Crow, Z l.
Crandal. Z J. Daw, Dr. W 2 DCifen-
derfer. r. n Don, d EdmouStou.
IIsrris-EwinE- John IeInus. Charles A.
H0f. H H HUlbiT- n H Kent. y J.
5eWetr. J. Q. Milford W n. Neither
land, O. a Phillips, Jesse Pratt Baruv
FsaoinCwitz. J. r Rose. a A Rou-Ez,
T. ?. SeabToOk- J. T. SeabTOOk. c. ".
Smith. Dr. Andrew Stewart, VIII H
ToWles. J r TyIoT- Howard z I-deie-
WITT " T Warde, =. " Walter, and
: ZauOT-
other exhibitors are W F. Knox.
New Work J. H Barber Philippine
Islands = F. Bennett, Baltimore r
J. Kaufman. Wilkesbarre- Pa Miss
ATtridge Belt, Springfield, Md. Charles
. Dexter. New Bedford. Mass C. F.
Clark. Springfield. Mass C. 3 Parker,
and n +. WainbridEP. PittSbUTE. Pa