DOI Heft:
No. 8 (November, 1893)
DOI Artikel:Wratislaw, Theodore: The photographic salon at the Dudley Gallery
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0080
The Photographic Salon
the beach, zandvoort, by j. craig annan. exhibited at the photographic salon
Tof such rapidly" changing objects as moving.water
HE PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON or clouds, its rendering of actual things with per-
AT THE DUDLEY GALLERY, feet fidelity, and its adaptability have naturally won
BY THEODORE WRATISLAW. over all artists to its side. But though an objec-
tion has been made to its fatal facility for produc-
It is much to be regretted that the ing indifferent work, in that respect it is only on a
Photographic Salon at the Dudley Gallery has level with all other arts, and the real artist remains
closed its doors before the appearance of this distinct from those who possess no artistic ability
number. But though it is now too late to advise or intuition.
a visit to the Gallery, it is to be presumed that The most remarkable photograph in the Gallery
most people of artistic inclina-
tion have already seen and ad-
mired it. The advance oi
photography as an art in late
years has been very great, and
if it has not yet been entirely
and perfectly developed as an
artistic medium, the collection
of photographs lately on view at
the Dudley Gallery has gone far
to prove its vast possibilities
and to open the eyes of many
to its already splendid achieve-
ment. The exhibition just
closed has done more almost
than any previous one to prove
that photography allows the
artist free play for his own indi-
viduality. By using the lens or
a substitute for it in such a way
as to produce a special empha-
sis or a generalising effect, by
the methods of exposure and
development, and the choice of
printing, either on fabric or
rough paper or the usual paper,
a worker or, as he should cer-
tainly be called now, an artist,
may imprint his own person-
ality to an astonishing degree
upon his work. The value of
photography as a medium for
artistic expression is now estab-
lished for ever; it was a battle
won without fighting. The great
delicacy in the gradation of
tones obtainable by photogra-
phy, its ease in securing aerial
perspective, such as effects of
twilight and mist, of atmo-
sphere and distance, its ability "come in." photographed from life by thomas manly.
to fix the positions and forms exhibited at the photographic salon
68
the beach, zandvoort, by j. craig annan. exhibited at the photographic salon
Tof such rapidly" changing objects as moving.water
HE PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON or clouds, its rendering of actual things with per-
AT THE DUDLEY GALLERY, feet fidelity, and its adaptability have naturally won
BY THEODORE WRATISLAW. over all artists to its side. But though an objec-
tion has been made to its fatal facility for produc-
It is much to be regretted that the ing indifferent work, in that respect it is only on a
Photographic Salon at the Dudley Gallery has level with all other arts, and the real artist remains
closed its doors before the appearance of this distinct from those who possess no artistic ability
number. But though it is now too late to advise or intuition.
a visit to the Gallery, it is to be presumed that The most remarkable photograph in the Gallery
most people of artistic inclina-
tion have already seen and ad-
mired it. The advance oi
photography as an art in late
years has been very great, and
if it has not yet been entirely
and perfectly developed as an
artistic medium, the collection
of photographs lately on view at
the Dudley Gallery has gone far
to prove its vast possibilities
and to open the eyes of many
to its already splendid achieve-
ment. The exhibition just
closed has done more almost
than any previous one to prove
that photography allows the
artist free play for his own indi-
viduality. By using the lens or
a substitute for it in such a way
as to produce a special empha-
sis or a generalising effect, by
the methods of exposure and
development, and the choice of
printing, either on fabric or
rough paper or the usual paper,
a worker or, as he should cer-
tainly be called now, an artist,
may imprint his own person-
ality to an astonishing degree
upon his work. The value of
photography as a medium for
artistic expression is now estab-
lished for ever; it was a battle
won without fighting. The great
delicacy in the gradation of
tones obtainable by photogra-
phy, its ease in securing aerial
perspective, such as effects of
twilight and mist, of atmo-
sphere and distance, its ability "come in." photographed from life by thomas manly.
to fix the positions and forms exhibited at the photographic salon
68