Identifier: americanannualof1918newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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shadow on a bright day, so in many instances only close ob-servation will reveal the most striking effect. Such facts areof interest not only to those in search of material for purelypictorial ends, but to the photographer who has occasion tomake studies for technical purposes. Since all good archi-tects take into consideration the value of shadows cast byvarious parts of a structure in enhancing the effect of thefinished building, so it is necessary to select a favorable timeto adequately illustrate in a photograph the architects aims. Another point I would make is that many feel the onlysubjects worthy of serious consideration are those obviouslygrand, or picturesque, in themselves. Now, it is doubtless asatisfaction to have such material at hand, yet it is a fact thatmany of the most successful pictures have been created fromwhat the majority of people would consider very commonplacesubjects, proving that in picture-making treatment rather thanmaterial is the important element. 138
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THE WASHTXGTON ARCH AND FIFTH AVENUE,NEW YORK. Illustrating article Architectural Subjects from the Pictorial Standpoint, by William S. Davis. 139 While it may be impossible to prove by mathematical demon-stration that a part is greater than the whole, there is no ques-tion but what this is often so from a pictorial point of view,and the photographers task in composition is one not only ofselecting a desirable standpoint, but also determining just howmuch material should be included within the picture-space.Often there is difficulty in finding a viewpoint that will showthe whole of a building in a satisfactory manner, or unevenarchitectural quality may make certain parts far more attrac-tive than the ensemble, while another important element isthat of leaving something to the imagination. If the surroundings are pleasing it is well to show enough toindicate their character, for a well-placed structure is essen-tially a part of its environment. A curving path may lead theeye into the c

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