Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly (1904 (Heft 8))

M. Russell, Sarah C. Sears, Carle E. Semon, Eduard J. Steichen, Alfred
Stieglitz, Eva Watson-Schütze, and Clarence H. White.
Through a misunderstanding on the part of the hanging committee
in London, the work of Myra A. Wiggins and S. L. Willard, which had
passed the jury, was neither catalogued nor hung.
THE PHOTO-CLUB OF VIENNA.
That the American collection sent to Vienna created a positive sensation
is putting it mildly. As a matter of fact the Secession work had never been
seen in Vienna and proved a revelation to all those who now saw it. The
press spoke most enthusiastically of it and classed it with the work of Kühn,
Henneberg and Watzek, which, in view of the position held by these photog-
raphers throughout Europe and especially at home, is praise indeed. The
collection sent was nearly as representative as that sent to Dresden and was
the work of practically the same men and women.
IN RE ST. LOUIS.
The great St. Louis Exhibition is practically over, and wonderful as it
was on the whole, the pictorial photographic exhibit proved an undisputed
fiasco. Although we had predicted this ending for the photographic section
we find no joy in having had our predictions verified. Not a single photograph
reached the Fine Arts Building, nor were any of them passed upon by the
Fine Arts Jury as had been promised. The American photographs were
hung in the Liberal Arts Building amid surroundings reminiscent of a
department store. America's showing, as a whole, reflected no credit upon
pictorial photography. Practically every contributor received an award. We
trust that this object-lesson may serve to teach the management of future
exhibitions more discretion and dignity. The foreign exhibits were so far
superior in every respect that it seems almost a shame to speak of them in
the same breath, and therefore we will content ourselves with no more
extended notice of them.
SALON D’AUTOMNE — PARIS.
It is not more than a few years ago that the jury of the great art-exhibi-
tion of Paris, the Champs de Mars Salon, had accepted some of Steichen’s
photographs, and the hanging committee, on account of certain technicalities
regarding the rules of the exhibition, etc., had refused to hang them. This
year the Salon d'Automne, an important and high-class art-exhibition, has
officially recognized the claims of photography, and photographs were passed
upon by the jury and hung. Unfortunately the decision of the management
was made too late for most of the photographers to avail themselves of the
opportunity to submit their pictures. As it is we are more than delighted to
see one important art-exhibition after the other falling into line — it is an
encouraging sign of the times.