American Journal of Photography Volume 15 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AMERICAN JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHY THOS. H. McCOLLIN, Manag1ng Ed1tor. JULIUS F. SACHSE, Editor. XANTHUS SMITH, Assoc1ate Editor. Vol. XV. JANUARY, 1894. No. 169. 1894. T7OR the New Year we repeat our usual salutation to the Photographic Guild at large, and trust that prosperity may abide with all of our patrons, as well as with every legitimate photographic bread-winner, no matter in what department he may be interested, portraiture, landscape, commercial, mechanical, or artistic. So great has been the advancement of Photography within the past few years, that its various ramifications have found foothold in almost every branch of the arts, sciences, trades, and mechanics. No matter what venture is started, the aid of photography is usually impressed into service at the earliest stage of the scheme. The past year may well be designated as a year of photographic disappointment. Never did a year open which seemed destined to form a greater epoch in the history of the photographic art science than the year of grace, 1893. The World's Columbian Exposition,?the Photographic Congress Auxiliary,?the National Convention,?are now a matter of history, and we will only say that the treatment accorded to the visiting photographer by the " Official " Concessionaire and his minions will for many months be spoken of as the meanest outrage perpetratedupon the visitors to the white city. Just how many two dollar bills were taken from the pockets of hand-camerists will perhaps never be known to a certainty. It was a mean advantage taken of the photographic public, and does little credit to the management of the otherwise great enterprise. Our mutual country has just passed through another great financial crisis and period of commercial depression, which have borne especially heav...