. The American annual of photography. I—I w H 199. A PLEA FOR THE USE OF BETTER PRINT-ING MEDIUMS By LUKE R. VICKERS URING the past Winter the writer had thepleasure of attending several exhibitions ofphotographs, studying upwards of a thousandprints. Among all these prints one exhibitionof about fifty prints stood so far above all theothers that the writer began to make comparisons to try to dis-cover what it was that gave this latter collection such a digni-fied and artistic tone. The composition was not noticeably bet-ter than that of some of the other fine collections, the quality ofdefini
. The American annual of photography. I—I w H 199. A PLEA FOR THE USE OF BETTER PRINT-ING MEDIUMS By LUKE R. VICKERS URING the past Winter the writer had thepleasure of attending several exhibitions ofphotographs, studying upwards of a thousandprints. Among all these prints one exhibitionof about fifty prints stood so far above all theothers that the writer began to make comparisons to try to dis-cover what it was that gave this latter collection such a digni-fied and artistic tone. The composition was not noticeably bet-ter than that of some of the other fine collections, the quality ofdefinition was much the same. What was it that made theseprints stand out above all the rest? The secret was the print-ing medium. In this whole exhibition of over fifty prints there was not asingle bromide print. About eighty per cent of the prints werein platinum, the others were gums and carbons. It was thewonderful quality, obtainable only in these mediums thatraised them to the highest place. Why do not people make the most of their exhibition pic
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