PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 



A clever photographer of artistic tempera- 

 ment, like Mr. Charles Vandervelde or 

 Mr. William T. Knox, will frequently make 

 a photograph which, in important artistic 

 qualities, is better than the landscape itself. 



But the study of such photographs, 

 supposing them to be well composed and 

 happily rendered, has several advantages 

 over the study of the natural landscape. 

 Each photograph presents a single point 

 of view and a single direction and scope of 

 view. The elementary student, therefore, 

 is not confused by the multiplicity of 

 pictures or the uncertainty of several ele- 

 ments. The pictures being fixed are more 

 easily analyzed or criticised. 



This careful analysis and specific 

 criticism on the part of the pupil are essen- 

 tial to the success of such exercises. In 

 order to secure these results, I supply my 

 pupils with a number of searching questions, 

 which I require them to answer in con- 

 siderable detail. The answers are made 

 in writing, and are finally read and dis- 

 cussed before the entire class and in the 

 room with the pictures. 



My last exercise of this sort was based 

 on a photographic salon of about eighty 



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