The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-01
ART PHOTOGRAPHY
SHOWN BY EXPERTS
Wonderful Display of Work
Done by Virginia and Caro-
lima Artists.
CONVENTION IN SESSION
Ono Hundred Delegates Devote
Time to Discussion of
Trade Problems.

With 100 members in attendance. the
sixteenth annual convention Of the
Photographers Association OF Virginia
and the Carolinas opened It's sessions
yesterday afternoon In the auditorium
OF the Eichlnond Hotel The feature
Of the convention is the fine exhibit
Of art photography by manufacturers
Of cameras. plates, printing paper and
supplies. In many respects It Is the
moot notable exhibit OF portraiturc
ever shown in this city
After busy afternoon or work the
delegates and their wives assembled
last night for AN illustrated lecture on
speed Photography" by j. a. Wilson.
army instructor OF photography at
Fortress Monroe. The remarkable pic
lures or big gun firing flashed on
screen by Mr.. Wilson attracted much
comment In almost every photograph
shown Mr.. Wilson had succeeded in
swapping the prnjcctilc a few feet from
tho mouth OF the gun when II was
travelling anywhere from 1000 to 1900
feet second. This was done. he ex-
planned. by means OF a wire stretched
across the gun muzzlc leading TO the
camera shutter when the projcctilc
parted tho wire AN electric circuit was
broken and the shutter snapped.
The ethics OF photography formed the
topic OF discussion after Mr.. Wilson's
lecture Manlcy W. Tyrec, of Raleigh,
y. G.. president Of the National Photo
graphers Association also gave his
Views on the "Hclationship That should
Exist Between the photographer and
lfis Customers"
busy Sessions To-Day.
Tho program for to-day beside two
important business sessions. includes
af
demonstrations. OF paper and OF color
value In photo4raphy Reports OF spe-
cial committees and delegates TO the
national "ony en'ion will be heard at
,le morning session. President Tyro".
OF the national association. and win
II Towles, first vice president. Will ad-
drcss the convention.
To-nights session Will be featured
~ demonstration of Cooper Hewitt
electric skylights, a lecture hy Juan c.
Abel on "Photogra phic Weekly" and Il
special talk by laQues Iiomano.
Realizing that the exhibit Of art
photography is OF interest 10 the lay
men. tho officials OF the convention an
nounccd yesterday that the exhibit
VIII be open for the free inspection Of
the public tonight from 6 to $50
o'clock There are beautiful specimens
Of color photography. studies OF the
head worthy Of q masters brush char
actcr PORTRAIT OF prominent persons
and charmiucly posed photographs OF
actresses and opera stars. \ large por-
trait OF Enrico Caruso lis shown. and
also n study OF Ebert Hubhard's head.
Mnny Exhibitors Present.
Manufacturers and photographers
who have contributed TO the exhibit
arc: the Eastman Kodak Company. Of
Rochester Illustrating the new por-
trait negative. W. :. Lively. Daddy
Lively" president OF the McMinnville
school OF Photographic, exhibit show
ing the Development OF color photo
rraphy: the Southern Photo Material
Company. OF Atlanta, In charge OF l..
IL Goodhart; the Ansco Company, pre-
senting splendid exhibit Of Cyko
work. Sprague * hathaway. OF Boston.
IN exhibit OF reproductions OF photo
Central Dry Plate Company. OF St
Louis. and Frann ]. Curry. OF Phila
dclphia.
When President Waller Holiday
raped the convention TO order yester
day morning he at once adjourned the
session until the afternoon on account
OF the delay experienced by many dele
gates in reaching the city Acting
Mayor w II Adams welcomed the
visitors TO the city and r, w Holzn-
ger. OF Charlottesville. treasurer OF the
secretary and the treasurer were read
and accepted
Following demonstration. w. s.
Lively and Will II. Towles conducted
the school of photographs. The plates
manufactured by the exhibitors at this
convention were used in demonstra-
tons OF Smith. Schoberg. Halldorson
ard other nashlight machine and APP
paratus