Connecticut western news., 1916-08-10
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL
Thirty Pupils Attend From all Over the
 Country. .a


 The Stevens Farm, East Canaan, always picturesque and attractive spot, and headquarters for scientific demonstrations in up.to.date farming, is more picturesque and more scientific than ever, at present. and lively with the presence of a considerable company of artistic people comprising the sum- mer class of the White School of Photog- raphy, of New York.
 About 80 ladies and gentlemen, from this country and abroad, are attending this summer school, some coming from as far away as California; others from Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states. One pupil is from Vienna, Austria, another from sLondon, and Canada also is represented. The students are largely people of means ana leisure, who have taken up photog- raphy as a means of recreation and for the qualification of love of the ara though many take up the work as a means of livelihood. The students at present enrolled embrace physicians, manufacturers, college professors and ladies who delight to take pictures of scenes encountered in foreign travel.
 They are a bohemian colony, withal, at the school, and get much enjoyment out of their experience and intercourse in the charming environment and rustic setting of their summer voca. tion. They have their weekly excur. sions to interesting and attractive points for miles around; their social parties, and festivities that go to make the experience of the summer work take on the aspect of pleasure out. ing.
 The principal work of the sessicn, of course, is the mastering of the techni. calities and intricacies of the photo graphic art-and they are taught the art from the scientific and mechanical as well as the artistic standpoints. With every form and grade of camera with which the students come equipped, they have snap. shotted one another, they have photographed the hills, the val. leys, the rocks, the trees, the Stevens cows, the Stevens neighbors and every. thing and everybody that appeal to their art instincts, including Nat, him. self.
 They develop their negatives and fix their prints in the studio, for which purpose the Grange Hall, on the Stevens domain has been suitably equipped with sinks, dark room, etc. When they are engrossed in the busi- ness of photography they are strictly business, and the chance visitor will hear much about wide angles, focus. reflex, grahex, bromide, platinum, solio, velox, over.exposure, hypo, re. touching and all that sort of thing, with occasional words of suggestion from MT. White, who keeps an eye on the work of every one. Every day they have lectures and demonstrations, and occasionally exhibitions of the photographic work of students, grad uates and others, which are a rare treat for the uninitiated guests W ho are per. mitted to witness them.
 Last Saturday there was an exhibi- tion of unusual interest, when in ad. dition to the splendid pictures shown by Mir. White and others, Mir. A. A. Breed, wealthy manufacturer, of Cin. oinnati, Ohio, student, showed a series of photographs taken by himself and beautifully colored, depicting scenes he had visited and people he had met on tour through Spain and Japan. The exhibition had an art as we'll as an educational value, and the spectators expressed their admiration and appre. citation of the exhibit.
 The school will end its six weeks term August i9. It has had an average of 30 pupils during the term.