Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07

ri ~ LANDSCAPE photograph is not
e III always the photograph of land
That sounds strange. But it's
the truth. Take a look at the pic
lures on this page. They all look like land
pcapes Framed, they look even more so.
Hung in a Photographic salon with other
landscapes they attract first attention.
AS a matter of fact most of these pictures
have graced the walls of photographic galleries
in New York. Toronto Los Angeles Pittsburgh,
Buffalo, Syracuse, Seattle and other points on
the continent. They have been noted as some
Of the finest examples of landscape photography
ever produced at these exhibitions. They were
placed prominently at salons in Dublin, Toxic,
Paris Poland, Antwerp, Czechoslovakia, and
have been requested by Photographic exhibit
lions In Barcelona, Montevideo, Austria and
England
Wherever these Photographic landscapes have
been shown they have been given wide acclaim.
Photographers and artists who judge at pho
geographic exhibitions give points to q photo.
graph for its photog aphic merit as well as the
portrayal Of the subject They compare these
landscapes with others hung in the gallery.
These attract them more than others These
somehow differ. They are pictures out of the
way. They arouse curiosity Where was this
picture taken? Few know. Those who do
stand aStounded.
NSoR these artistic representations of scenes
- Of nature were made in an ordinary house
basement, with its furnace, its coal ROOM vege-
table baskets, boxes, laundry lines odds and
ends. 1t was in basement, small one at
that, and in only corner of that small base
inent; that these trees grew that these rocks
took form, that the 6. ass became alive.
Alfred T. Roberts of Toronto is photogra-
pher. That is his profession. 1t has been since
the day he left high school, and that is a good
eS years ago.
He works for a large Toronto commercial
Photographic house, not protrait studio, but
D concern which does commercial and indus
TRIAL photography buildings, interiors, mer-
chandise, tewelry, and other such articles A.
.: Roberts does most Of the article photography
With futuristic background, and that requires
more than just photog' Apply. That is what he
does in the daytime.
At night he is still the photographer with
ehts difference. Now it is his hobby He can
eake his time at it, he does not have to take
dozen prints in half an hour There are no
orders to fll His artistic soul can have fun
sway. He can experiment all he likes And
no likes it plenty. Witness the pictures on this
page, but q few Of big collection of superb
scenic effects
Z was some three years ago while working
around in his cellar workshop photopraphin0
toys that the idea of landscapes came to Rob-
erts II toys could give such startling effects
% ne had managed to obtain, why could not
landscapes such as might be found in the OUT
pf-the-Way places Of the earth be made to order
f1ght there in his workshop? That began for
Mr. Roberts an adventure which has resulted
Ia his becoming internationally known among
photographers as genius in photographing
Tine landscapes.
The difference between a real landscape and
me OF these Photographed landscapes Is that
In the photograph of a true landscape the trees
are real. the grass is real. stones and paths,