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MORNING SUNLIGHT
_By _Ira W. Martin, _New York City_
L'ESPRIT DE MANDALAY
_By _J. Ludger Rainville, _Portland, Me._
THE GORGE BELOW THE WHIRLPOOL, NIAGARA
_By _W. H. PORTERFIELD, _Buffalo, N. Y._
PORTRAIT--GIRL IN BLACK
_By __Rabinovitch, __New York City_
THE TOILERS
_By _Edward Ostrom, Jr., _Brooklyn, N. Y._
FROM MY WINDOW
_By _Betty Gresh, _Norristown, Penn._
YOUNG AMERICAN
_By _Louis Fleckenstein, _Long Beach, Calif._
MESA DEL MAR
_By _G. H. S. HARDING, _Berkeley, Calif._
SEINE BOATS
_By _William B. Imlach, _New York City_
THE MOON OF THE RED GODS
_By _LAURA GILPIN, _Colorado Springs, Colo._
HIGH SEAS
_By _Joseph Petrocelli, _New York City_
SIXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
_By _BEN J. LUBSCHEZ, _New York City_
HILLSIDE SHADOWS
_By _Charles K. Archer, _Pittsburgh, Pa._
MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST
_By _HERBERT B. TURNER, _Boston, Mass._
THE SCHOOL YARD
_By _Vernon E. Duroe, _Brooklyn, N. Y._

CONTENTS

SINCERITY
THE YEAR'S PROGRESS
ON IDEAS
THE PURPOSE OF THE PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA
THE PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA

SINCERITY

Art that endures is sincere. It is universal in its appeal though it may
have been produced in a remote corner of the world by one who was
unacquainted with the work of artists.

I remember going with a friend into a picture gallery in Chicago, where an
artist--I think his name was Bradford--was showing some sketches he had
brought back from the arctic regions. "How true these are" I exclaimed.
"How do you know?" said my companion, "you have never been to the North
Pole." "That is not necessary" I rejoined. "These studies have the truth
written in every inch of them." The work proclaimed the sincerity of its
maker.

He who reverently observes life and wrests from its verities those
elements which are in tune with his "ego"--transposes these into some
concrete form without the damning desire for self aggrandizement,
pretense, or mere seeking for originality--is building on good
foundations. It is from an over-weening desire for originality that most
of the affectations of so called "Modern Art" proceed.

Natural individuality--the sincere personal vision of the artist--is an
inherited asset. His work is the acquiring of a technique, the constant
patient practice and experiment in his particular craft. This unending
exercise gives the artist power to state his message clearly--in the
simplest way.

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