THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE NELSON CAMERA CLUB.

Colonist, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7962, 11 June 1894, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE NELSON CAMERA CLUB.

This exhibition was opened in the Bishop 1 Schoolroom yesterday afternoon, and an inspection of the large number of photographs that have been hung soon made it apparent that the present exhibition is in many respects the best that has yet been held under the auspices of this Club. Throughout the work is good, and much of it is extremely good. Some of the portraits are wonderfully excel" lent, the lighting being perfect, and when it is considered that amateurs generally lack the advantages of a well designed studio wherein the light may be manipulated— shut out and directed as desired— the success arrived at is the more remarkable. Some of Mr Pitt's portraits would be hard to excsl. The landscape work j a generally admirable, and moat of the exhibitors have shown a great deal of artistic taste ; but here and there a badly composed picture may ba Boer.. Many of the photographs display a greai deal of hamoi 1 , and in this direction Mr Fell excels. Mr Thorpe shows a very fine photograph of cattle, and Mr Patterson's bromide enlargements are partiou'ar'y good, possessing a sharpness that is decidedly rare in this olasa of work. Mr A. J. Glasgow shows a capital speoimen of copying work. Mr Brusewitz has come good enlargements, and tbe exhibits from negatives by Mr Startup, ecenes connected with the Maori War, poEsess historical interest. Taking tbe Kelson exhibits more particularly, Mr Fell haß a very fiae collection. His work is varied, and bis exhibits are full of intereßt. This gentleman shows some very good portraits, inoluding five of his Honor Mr Jußtioe Biohmond, one of them a Rembrandt, and all displaying olever treatment. Some of his photographs of family groups are full of life, and a really wonderful pioture is his "Arched Walks of Twilight Groves and Shadows Known," really a photograph of a poplar grove, but whioh at first glanoe looks to be an interior of a stately rnin. The series ot piotnres " Look on this pioture and look on that — are we men or clothes pegs," is extremely amusing, and hisplatinotype, " The Peep o' Day and her Builders," is very good. A. silver gtey tinted print shown by this gentleman, "A Bummer Morning from the Bishop's Peninsula," claimß notice, and he shows two capital photographs depicting damage done by floods in Brook street. Hiß pioture, " The Limpets," is no lees remarkable than good. A study of pampas grasß and pineß is admirable, and excellent effects were obtained by him in his pioture. " Morning Sunlight." Mr Thorpe, of Motueka, shows some very good work, his cattle calling for special mention, and his photograph of a yacht is good. Biwaka bridge and ford is a bright print from a good negative, and a vignette of native bush with gei-gei is very pretty. Many of his piotures are very interesting, such, for instance, as the Limestone Cliff, Takaka, with fern trees, and the scene on the Aorere river calls for special mention. His .platinotype, " A grove of cabbage trees," is good, and his pictures in rim frames on one of the screens claim notice. : Mr. Pitt excels in some of his portraits, and his " Skirt Dancer^," silver prints on a matt surface, are very fine indeed 1 "Oa the

stream, Gable Bay toad," is a good print from a good nGgativer^and-the-flnbjeot- ia "well treated, while hia "Alice in Wonderland " ig admir»b c/ , He has ohosen subjects lac afield, for he shows excellent pictures of Lake Manapouri, Lake Te Anau,€ape Foulwind Quarry, a scene at Foxhill, the' latter a plfttinotype, and H.M.S Lizard. Hia picture 'f Safely Over," is a work of art, 'and hia Totara tree is a capital study. Mr Patterson shows a set of quarter plats snap shots and whole plate bromide enlargements therefrom, and- the soreen on which these are hung is a centre of attraction " Towing the Dingy," shows the small boat breasting the sea, and is a remarkably effoo- ! tive photograph. His picture of the Lion Book, Awaroa Lagoon, is very pretty, and hia i " Dancing on the Sands " is full of motion, the curling surf chasing the dancers ' ■ He has some very fine cloud effects, hia surf scene at Totaranui is extremely good, and his work generally is wonderfully sharp, one picture with vegetation in the foreground being most noticeable in this resp ot. Mr Nairn shows some capital prints from film negatives, and his exhibits are very interesting, especially views of English towns. One photograph, "Tearkesbury," is particularly fine, and another of Oxford is also very good. Waingongora is also a remarkable picture. Mr Deverall's collection includes two very pretty picnio scenes, and a hop garden, but some of his subjects are less artistic. Mr R. Jackson shows some good pictures, and his portrait of " The Bride " is admirable. His pictures of the crew of the Madge are likewise very good, and the views of " The Falls, Aniseed Valley " and the Miner River are most interesting. Mr A. J. Glasgow has evidently been doing good work, His picture " Home," with two little girls and a horse in the meadow fronting the house is really fine, and his view "Over the Sea "is also good. The copying of paintings is by no means a simple branch of the art, but his '* Maid of Athens" claims notice, and his small, quarter plate photographs repay a close inspection. Mr Solanders shows a capital picture of an interior, and his "Tent at the Cliffs "beara testimony of the capital 'and judicious treatment the subject reoeived. His views, each end of the Belgrove Tunnel, are good, and so is that of " Parihaka," while his " Happy Valley Stream " calls especially for notice. Mr Startup occupies a soreen with prints by Mr Brusewitz from his own negatived, and the nagatives must be good to have produced such prints. His "Village Blacksmith" is very good indeed, and his " Reflections " hava been skilfully caught. " The Bullook Team in the Bush " by this gentleman is a very pleasing picture. He shows a photograph ot a fine nikau palm, and those of the cutter, " The Maid of Italy " and the ketch " The Comet" are fall of merit. His scene on the Aorere river is a pretty pioture, ane hia reminiscences of the Maori war are highly interesting. Mr Brusewitz makes a good display, notably in portraits and enlargements, while hia interiors would be bard to excel. He shorn one portrait, that of a lady, on opal, that has bsen skillfully tinted, and his two bromide enlargements of tfae Garrison Band, photographed on the morning of the 24th of May last, are very good. He has a picture of " The fcwans in the Queen's Gardens," and a fine bromide en argement of a scene on the Wangamoa river. In addiion to the Neleon exhibits, there are a great many from Auokland, Wellington, Christohurob and DuDedin, but we must defer any particular reference to thefce. Great credit is due to Mr Patterson and those who assisted him in hanging the exhibits, whioh are most interesting. Last night there was a large attendance at the Exhibition, when a great many transparencies were shown by means of the limelight and a capital lantern manipulated by Mr Holland. Many of these slides came from Christchurch, and others had been prepared by Mr F. Moore, of Nelson. Needless to cay the exhibition was witnessed with very great interest, and the bulk of the slides were very good. The exhibition will remain open today and on Monday, and should be very largely visited. This evening lantern slides by Auckland photographers, and others by Mesars Brusewitz, Luoas, and Symonß, will be Bhown, while on Monday night transparencies by Mr Pitt and by Mr Patterson will be placed in front of the lantern. The Nelson Camera Club is to be compli. mented on the excellence of the exhibition, and we trust that its efforts to afford pleasure to the publio will be appreciated.

On May 26, this exhibition was again well attended, and the remarkable excellence of the great bulk of the work shown has been very thoroughly appreciated. There were a large number of people present on Saturday evening, wh? n a considerable number of fine lantern slides were shown. Many of these came from Auckland, and those of Mr Boulton and Mr Arthur were greatly admired, as also were the selected sides from Cbristchurch. A number of locally prepared slides were also shown, some by Mr Brusewitz, some by Mr A. P. Lucas, and some by Mr Symons, eaoh of whom had sent in some very fine transparencies. Continuing our notice of the exhibits we will next proceed to those sent from Auok-* land. Mr J. Coe showed a number of very fina silver ' prints, mostly from quarter plate negatives. "From the Railway Wharf" is one of his beet, and " The Glaoier " is .a remarkable photograph. Mr M. Trenwith also exhibits quarter plats silver prints, " Mercer on the Waikato," is a bright well-toned print from a good negative. •• On the Wing," a " moonlight " effect with a sea bird on the wing, was a, happy shot. "By the Sea," with fine clouds, and " SunTipped Waves " call for notice, and his others are all good. Mr H. K Arthur has some very fine half plate prints in silver. " The Last Gleam of Sunlight " is a wonderful picture, and hia series illustrating Tennyson's "Brook " claim attention. His whole plate picture " A Batchelor's Holiday," is admirable, and a pretty thing is " Northcote Beach, on a Holiday." The work shown by this gentleman is all excellent. Mr Boulton shows a variety of good work. "The Giant Pohutakawa" is a fine. study, and "A Creek Scene, Henderson's Bush," olahns notioe. This gentleman shows some very good interiors, and his bromide eolargament " At the Big Huia," is good. Mr R. B. Walrond has some very fine exhibits. His large pictures are remarkably good. " The Trout Fisher," a direct photograph 15 by 12, is good in every way, and hia " Clematis," with varying tones, is decidedly clever. A grey toned print " The Kohikatea Trees" is a splendid photograph, treated artistically. "Auckland Harbor," " The Fish Market," and " View from the Railway Wharf " all require mention, ana so do the bromide enlargements by this gentleman : " The Bullock Team," and "A Study of Cabbage Trees," in particular. Mr T. F. Hill shows a f rama of five photographs, all very pretty, and from good negatives ; but the green mount detraota from th« pioturee. Mr H. Winklemann shows three framei, one containing a number of piolurea of yaobta and shipping, with a lighthouse in tha centie, and another a Beries of very interesting views in the Great Barrier Island. They are all very nice, Passing to the Wellington section, we find that Mr A. T. Botharoley shows some very good work His pioture of " The Flock " is ad* mirable, and he shows a capital view of Mount Egmont, its snow tipped summit peeping above the clouds. Bis portraits of Maori Chiefs are exoelleot, and bus " Yoath and Age "claim attention. Mr Barraud exhibits four frames, all very good, the most noticeable perhaps being "On the Awatere." Mr W. C. Stephens has an interesting pia* ture of the Manawatu Gorge, and his enlargement, "A Bush Boad,:' is excellent. Mr B. W. Daniell shows three very good piotures. Mr T. M. Hardy exhibits two extremely fine enlargements "Kirkstone Abboy." Among the Canterbury pictures are to ba found some splendid photogr&pns of animals, and the illustrations of " Sundowners " art full of life. ' . '; In the Dunedin section, too, some particularly fine work is noticeable, many of th« portraits excelling, but. of these sections *• must defer a detailed notice. : ,; - The exhibition will be again open tbil afternoon and in tbe evening, when among the lantern slides will be some by Mr Pitt. and some by Mr Patterson. We have no, doubt there \?UI be ft large atteudance ta-jlaj,, „'

CoMTitroim onr notice of tbe exhibits we have next to refer in detril to the piotures from Cbriatthuroh. Mr Page •hows some particularly good work.: Hit " Milkmaid" wii one of the moit noticeable 6f the pictures in ■ the room, and generally speaking hia photographs of animaliexoelled air others. The Hatbor scenes •nd those of bash shown by this gentleman all claimed attention on aeoonnt of their excellence, and his •• Bullock .team— Kaittraa," merits attention, M r Toaa well ahowei some exceedingly fine Continental views. Mr W Burkes studies of sundownerg were particularly good, while bia intoriora were alao excellent. . . Mr; Beardaley showed some ye;/ pretty Inlf-ptatas, and amongst these "The. Bridge over the Avon," was conspicuous, and Mr G H Seager showed some fine arohiteotura' woik by himself. Unfortunately it was very difficult to single out several of the exhibitors in the Dunedin section owing to some having omitted Ito append their names to the exhibits. Amongst ebe Dnnedin exhibitors were Mrs W D Stewart, and Mr flooken, Messrs B E Fletcher, B A Ewing, Orosbie, Morris, A Kelly J S Tennant. J S Selye, W Williams, Malcolm Boss, 0 W K?i', J 0 Thomson, A J Barth, W Jeffrey, G Stewart, W SEoberls, R Hay, W J F Hodgkinson, A S l?aaos and W Livingstone, and the work all round was excellent. A couple of Bromide enlargements, tones in uranium were excellent Mr Malcolm Boss showed some very good work. A view of Mount S 6ft on waß excellent, and his bromide enlargement " Solitnde " and a small bead hung below it, that might also have also been labelled "In Solitude," attracted notice, and so did aoapital portrait of a child shown by this gentleman, tbe posing being admirable. Mr W. Williams exhibited a pair of enlargements that oommandfd general attention entitled " His First Appearance," one being " The Solo," and the other the ' The Beeall," portraits of a young \loJinist, and the treatment was admirable. Another enlargement by this artist, "The Bullock Team," claims notice, while the pioture " A Cottage Poor " ia full of msrit. Mr C. Stewart took the pa'm in this section for portraiture, his ' ' Stockrider " and "In Bia Study" excelling. A positive by Mr Stewart, and the only positive 'n the Erhibition be it said— "Lily "-was very eofd fid beautiful, and made one desire tbat moia work ol that description had been ca exhibition. Mr W. S. Robert's picture, "A I jhib:tionist," was very good, but his " Eefleo 'ons * were too red. He also showed a good brorr : de enlargement. Mr Ciosbie Morris showed wonderful cloud effects. Mrs Hooken Bhowed some pretty quarter plates. 1 Mr Swings pioture ol the Taieri Plains, showing tbe w/nd'ng stream in a streak of silver, was ncel'ent. Mr B. Hay's snapehots in Italy were very pretty. Mr A. Kelly's snapshots were also v>-y good, hia piotures of the yaoht race— "Are you ready " and " Away "— beng ver. .noticeable. Mr Livingstone's exhibits, too, were good, his " Unquited old Bge " meriting mention. Mr Ste'y© showed gome excellent who'c platea, " Biverton " beiDg about tbe best. Mr Berths' piotares of surf breaking on tbe beach are also very good. Other Dnedin exhibitors showed good work, but many of the piotures are unmarked. We have hitherto omitted to mention that Colonel firasfill, of Nelsop, showed come photographs colored in o ;i a, aud also fit 9 copies of celebrated works of art Last evening some very fine slides prepared by 1 r Pitt and by Mr Patterson wera shown. Before the closing hour, Mr Fell, as President of the Nelson Camera Club, and who has done his utmost to make the Exhibition a success, addressed a few words to those present. He especially thanked the other Clubs of the Colony for tending exhibits, and paid a well-merited compliment to the work of members of those Clubs. He also acknowledged the good services of Mr Holland, who had so ably shown their lantern slides. Mr Holland, he remarked, had himself constructed a new oxygen and ether saturator, and the light he had produced had been excellent, and tbe manner in which the pictures had been shown merited the greatest compliment. Mr Fell also expressed the thanks of the Club to the Bishop of Nelson for the use of the room. It may be mentioned that over 750 photographs were on exhibition, and we are glad to say that these have been inspected by a large number of people. The Nelson photographs are to be sent to the Wellrjbon Exhibition which opens next week.