ART IN PHOTOGRAPHY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21640, 4 November 1933, Page 11

ART IN PHOTOGRAPHY

NEW ZEALAND CONTEST

AUCKLAND'S EASY WIN

The travelling exhibition of photographs entered for thj annual competition conducted by the principal camera clubs and photographic societies has reached Auckland and was placed on view yesterday in the premises of Milne and Choyce, Limited. This year's exhibition has a special interest for Aucklanders because the contest and the Bledisloe Cup were won by the Camera Pictorialists of Auckland, a new "secession" group, which gained 1095 points. The Auckland Camera Club was second, with only one point less. The four southern societies were a considerable distance behind, in the following order:—lnvercargill, 1016; Dunedin, 924; Wellington, 883; Christchurch, 872. Tho judging was carried out in Christchurch in August by a photographer and two instructors at the Canterbury College School of Art. The result is /extremely creditable ta Auckland, .which carried off last year's award and has now established a long lead over the rest of tho Dominion in pictorial photography. Six prints in tho exhibition havo been given the maximum of 100 marks, and all are by Auckland entrants. They are: "Pioneers and Plutocrats," a study of city roofs and towers from Albert Park by E. C. Lackland; "Decoration," a highly original pieco of work by R. M. Gillingham; "Grace and Poise," a study of dancers by H. J. Schmidt; "Ngauruhoe," by P. S. Herbert; "Jan Kubelik," a masterly portrait, and "Tho Ball Frock," a pretty study of a girl, both by H. Tornquist. Another very fine work is "The Madonna in Black," by Mrs. E. P. Cameron, Dunedin, which has been awarded 99 points. Tho Auckland entrants have gained much by the use of the bromoil process, with its wide scope for control of tone values and detail. This process seems to be little practised in the South, where traditional mothods still have a strong hold. Nevertheless, tho exhibition contains a very wido ranee of work, showing that in capable hands the camera can bo a very versatile instrument.