Evening star., 1941-02-09

entitled Curiosity" because Of It's
intense, alert expression, was OBJ
tained with a little hamburger steak.
Eleanor Parke Custis of Washing
ton is represented by striking
bird photograph, "Penguins Three"
made from life of birds at the 1899
New York Worlds Fair Although
she is still better known as painter
of landscapes, marines and city
views in gouache, she has become
increasingly interested in pictorial
photography in recent years.
Posed in Pasture.
Another remarkable animal" pic
ture, which unintentionally fooled
the Judges, is one entitled Ute
Trail" by George ARGUS. Three
burros, the first with a rider, are
seen in a desert. plowlng through
thrown by the strong sunlight. They
are actually hand-carved flgurines
posed in a pasture, but so carefully
with an eye to scale that no one
would suspect it.
The soft luster Of pewter, the
sheen of spun aluminium. the mat
TRANSPARENCY of chiffon and char
acteristics of many other materials
are we'll brought out in the various
still life pictures.
Beautiful young women Of many
countries and costumes are suflc-
iently pleasing to make the OBJ
server perhaps overlook the real
merit in their photographs. One
entitled Helena" by Attilio Paren-
TIM. shows the subject in a white
evening dress and a majestic pose,
her proud young head being the
apex of pyramid of billoWing dress,
while her arms constitute support
ing diagonals.
M0ny successful photographs are
the fruit of long. tedious waits and
painstaliing arrangements. while
others depend entirely upon ability
to take advantage of unexpected
opportunities. In the first category
are manv animal pictures. and also
such works as Market" by Ernest
Eoesiqer. Made at the Onion Fair
of Berne. it shows diagonal rows
almost geometrically perfect OF
baskets of onions with their vendors
and customers, caught at the right
moment from a roof top. The
photographer had to wait for the
happy accident when the figures
would fall into an orderly arrange
ment: otherwise. this crowded scene
would have been utterly confusing.
Such pattern pictures" as Light
Rhythm" by Ralph F. Morgan, re-
ouire careful arrangement. but are
obviously easier to handle. This
particular print was made from
group Of aluminium castings.
Opportunity Is Unexpected.
City Sunlight" by Selden 7.
Davis. is an excellent example Of
unexpected opportunity. The pho
tographer had walked through a
certain allev daily for 10 years
before he happened to see. for the
first time. the pale sunlight strike
through smoke and fog at an in
terestino angle against brick wall.
The height of the buildings and the
narrovneSs Of the alley restricted
this effect to a few minutes each
day.
Equally accidental IS Strength
of an Empire" by H. J. Phillips,
taken in London. It shows a young
soldier and an old beefeater inside
an arch in the Tower of London
wall, through which part Of the
Tower Bridge is seen through the
mist. The soldier is silhouetted
against the light vista in such a
way that even his rifle is free of the
dark arch area, and the angle at
which it is slung over his shoulder
repeats cable on the Tower Bridge.
Amateur photographers in Wash
ington will learn a great deal by
visiting such exhibitions as this
and there are many of them at the
Section of Photography.