Evening star., 1940-03-10

TINS mOOIn rem0Ik&Dle eXn1DlLlOQ
Of pictorial photography which ranks
high from the standpoint Of art. It Is
dual show. half Of the space being
given over to the third annual travel
salon Of the Photographic Society Of
America and the remainder to the
second annual members exhibition
of the Arlington Camera Club
(Which, by the way, was responsible
for getting the former for display in
this city. Both organizations show
about 100 prints each. Those con-
tributed by the society occupy the
range Of alcoves to the right, while
those from the club are to be seen
in the alcoves to the left. In between
are three upright cases given over to
10 prints each by the three Arling-
ton Club jurors, Eleanor Parke Gus
It's, H. c. West and David r. Craig.
The collection Of prints shown by
the society is quite breath-taking in
its excellence, and testifies eloquently
to the potentialities of work In this
medium when artistic knowledge and
technical skill of the highest order
are brought into play.
The exhibits come from other
countries as we'll as our own, entries
being open to the world" Thus
among the representation are pic
torial photographs from England,
Belgium. Hungary, Czecho-S -Slovakia,
italy and Hawaii, as well as the
United States and Canada.
The subject matter Is no less d.
verse. There are portraits and fig-
ures, landscapes, animals, stu life
flowers, vegetables, machinery. street
scenes, buildings and the like. Each
subject Is treated frankly and sin
cerely, but in such wise that at
mosphere and spirit are conserved.
That is the miracle in connection
with this work. It lives, and in liv-
Ing, conserves In some way the ele-
ment Of beauty. To be sure, the sub
Jects are we'll chosen, the lighting is
good, the exposure has been we'll
timed and the photographers ev-
IDENTIFY had more than q passing
knowledge Of composition and val
ues, but the results far exceeded In
significance and quality the entire
sum Of these virtues. Here we see
manifested, not by one, but by q
hundred persons In various parts OF
the world, the possibility Of using q
mechanical process to obtain q su-
premely artistic end. Is this, one
asks oneself, partly due to the In
creasingly great use Of photography
In the making Of moving pictures, OF
does 1t point the way to larger and
finer accomplishment in this field7
Here is revelation and, at the same
time, engaging matter Of speculation
The merit Of the works shown is
SO even that to select certain ones
for comment or especial praise
would be most difncult; but, as ex-
amples, three may be mentioned a.
typical. One is q street in Flor
ence, the darkness Of which is
lightened by q pool of sunlight, in
the midst of which is q peasant
woman vending her way with grave
Indifference, not an unusual SUBJ
ject, but the sense of illumination
the sense Of time and place are
extraordinarily interpreted. It Is
the work Of q Florentine. Another
is simple bunch Of onions on a
table, but 50 Transcribed that they
have become things Of beauty. The
third is a single flower, greatly en-
larged and magnificently portrayed
"a controlled exaggeration Of floral
splendor. OF the majority Of the
81 other prints in this section, al
most as much might be said.
The judges Of selection for the ex-
! hibition were Fred D. Archer and