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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 11, 1940.

ALL-CHINA

PHOTO EXHIBITS

(By "Paul Pry")

The second All-China Exhibition of Photo- graphy, under the aus- pices of the Photographic Society of Hong Kong, opens in

the Peacock Lounge, First Floor, Ex- change Building, to-day and will remain open until and including Sunday next.

One hundred photographs of an almost universally high standard are being exhibited and will be of interest to professional, ama- teur and novice alike.

Despite

the impact of battles

and wars, the standard of the ex- hibition is fully up to that set by the first All-China exhibition held last year, although restrictions and other factors have forced photo- graphers more towards indoor photography, so that portraiture and character studies occupy major section in the exhibit.

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Most of the 30 photographers. are resident in Hong Kong, but 24 prints were contributed by

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BOMBS DROPPED ON

ESSEX COAST

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Later reports of enemy qir activity show that yesterday afternoon bombs were also dropped at place on the Essex coast, says an. Air Ministry and Minis- try of Home Security communique. Several houses were damaged and a few casualties caused. British Wireless.

BRITAIN'S

BALANCE

SHEET

High officials of the

Shanghai photographers and are United States defence

of an equally high standard. As was the case last year, 50 of the and

BRITAIN CANNOT LOSE THE WAR

BRITAIN CANNOT lose the war unless we are guilty of wavering on the road to vic- tory," said Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio, speaking in London last evening.

"I do not say victory is round the corner, Mr. Greenwood added, "but I do say un- hesitatingly that Germany cannot win.

"Our naval power to-day is should have been able not only relatively greater than any other successfully to withstand savage period of the war. Our air and unbridled terrorism far be- strength grows day by day. yond what sufficed to bring other | nations rapidly to their knees but at the same time to counter with | hard, shrewd and staggering blows that inflict great and grow- Ing injury to our foes."-Reuter.

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Our new armies are steadily growing in numbers, equipment, efficiency and striking power.

"Our Industrial power in rela- tion to war production continues to expand.

"The moral power of our peo- ple has never been higher than to-day after the most severe test- ing to which any nation has ever been subjected.

Enemies Puzzled

young

nations,

"Our enemies are puzzled and angered that a people whom they fiscal departments decadent and devoid of vigorous had been led to believe were best photographs are being sent have been summoned to qualities, attacked by the 50- home for display by the Royal Photographic Society as an indica- the Treasury to meet the called dynamic tion of the strength of pictorial Secretary, Mr. Henry Mor- photography in China. Copies, and in some cases the actual originals, genthau. of most of the photographs dis- played can be purchased.

He will tell them the facts con- cerning Britain's' financial re- It is difficult to pick out more sources which have been given by than a

few outstanding exhibits Sir Frederick Phillips, the British for special mention. Somewhat Treasury envoy, strangely, there is only one “nude”

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CHRISTMAS BOX FUND

It is understood that during A SPECIAL "CHRISTMAS on display-"Le Dos," by Liu Shu their two-hour conversation at BOX" FUND HAS BEEN OPEN- Chong. This has been exhibited Mr. Morgenthau's home on Mon- ED IN UGANDA AND A SUM at Home and is reported to have day night, Sir Frederick present-OF £700 WAS COLLECTED ON attracted a great deal of favour-ed a balanced statement of Bri-THE FIRST DAY.

able comment.

tain's resources and costs of sup-

Personally, we thought it as bad ply-Reuter.

an example of nude photography as we have seen in a long time -an uninteresting back and stern- quarters, truncated arm, hand growing out of a neck, ugly wrin- kles at the bottom of a foot, and so on. Its redeeming feature is the modelling of the back, and Mr. Liu is to be congratulated on the handling of his lights; this is really well done, but in our-es- timation the other faults, parti- cularly those of composition, far out-weigh the sole good feature.

"Impact"

A.R.P. WARDEN

INSPECTION

DATE CHANGE

It is announced in connection with the Inspection of the Corps of Air Raid Wardens by His Excellency, The Acting Gov- ernor, that owing to unforseen Among the most interesting circumstances it will not be pos- prints are two by Sam Tata, ofsible for His Excellency to in- Shanghai, who, besides turning inspect the corps on Sunday. 22nd excellently composed pictures with December... The Inspection will plenty of what someone calls "Im- | therefore take place on Saturday, pact," achieves a degree of glossi-21st December 1940 at 3:30 p.m. ness on the prints that is little The Chief Air Raid Warden, short of amazing....

Hong Kong, appeals to all em- Tata's work, incidentally, 1s ployers of labour who have on among the best in the show. He their Staffs Air Raid Wardens to has a three-quarter character give them every facility for at- study, entitled "A Prince of his tending the parade. People," which contains practic-

fessional.

..

An A.R.P.S.

ally nothing to which the carp- America, has several photographs ing critic could point an annoy-on exhibit, but most of them are ed digit, and much to interest not up to his usual standard of both the layman and the pro- excellence, The reason for this is perhaps rather simple:-He has To our mind, one of the out-had so many of his best photo- standing head studies is "Au- graph exhibited that he felt he tumn Sunshine." by O. Griffiths, simply had to show some new who is a soldier with the Royal work and he has been so busy Corps of Signals. The detail and lately that he did not have time the lighting of this particular to really get properly into the exhibit are almost perfect, and mood of thingal we were glad to note that this picture bears the "gold star" that signifies it is among the 50 A few days ago, incidentally, to be sent home for exhibition. Wu received the glad news ho An interesting exhibit, ‚ and had been made an AR.P.S., a one that will puzzle maný lay-signal honour when che realises men, is "After the Tong Mau- that he joined the Royal Photo- ters," by Chin San Long, graphic Society only last "Jung, A.R.P.S. Mr. Chin bases his The Photographie Society of Hong work on the paintings, 'of the Kong now has two A.B.P.S.s, the Chinese old masters and by other being Walter Clark, whose clever use of paper nequtives "Dawn," "curiously enough, almost- and a brush, achieves an effect seems to reproduce better in the In black and white with land- catalogue than it does in the ori- scapes that, save in matter of ginal!

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size and colour, minkes the finish- Space, precludos going into-fur-

The money will be given uncon- ditionally to the peoples of Bri- tain and Greece. Reuter.

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