Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly (1904 (Heft 7))

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE PICTURES in this number have all, with the
exception of one, been reproduced from original gum-
prints. The Hofmeisters ought to need no introduc-
tion, but to those not familiar with their work the article
by Mr. Juhl will be of special interest.
The two pictures by M. Robert Demachy speak
for themselves. From the father of gum-printing these
prints, together with his article thereon, must prove of
exceptional value to the student.
The name of Sadakichi Hartmann, art-critic and familiar contributor
to our pages, must be well known to our readers, and Mr. Steichen’s
portrait of him is peculiarly characteristic.
In thus presenting examples of “gum” technique by three masters in
that medium, the readers of Camera Work will have an opportunity of
judging of the elasticity and range of this fascinating printing-process.
The Ferry, Concarneau, by Mary Devens, was reproduced from her
original ozotype. Miss Devens is undoubtedly the foremost exponent in
this country of this medium, which is quite as effective and nearly as pliable
as the gum-process.


IS PHOTOGRAPHY A RECOGNIZED SCIENCE?
WHILE PHOTOGRAPHY is slowly receiving at the
hands of the art-loving public the long-fought-for
recognition as an individual medium of artistic ex-
pression, it has been the belief of many that its status
as a science was unquestioned and unchallenged.
Such, unfortunately, is not the fact—at least, so far as
this country is concerned. Indeed, the advent of
photography was hailed with delight in every field
of scientific research, in every laboratory; by the
scientist, by the manufacturer, by the business-man alike. All have been
eager to avail themselves of its invaluable services. Discoveries were
made by its agency, discoveries which photography alone has rendered pos-
sible. Whatever the field of research, whether pertaining to the infinitely
small or to the infinitely great, to the realm of scientific speculation or to
that of practical application, photography was called upon as a helpful ally.
It responded to an extent hardly to be overestimated. Unknown
worlds were explored, problems were solved, horizons were extended,
mysteries were probed, and, despite its accomplishments, what provisions
have been made for it in our best institutions of learning? What provisions
have been made for the advancement of that science? In the great quest for