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giving site numbers and details of the views to be taken. Samples of the maps and schedules are included in the exhibition. At this stage no photographs are normally taken.
As soon as possible after the schedules and maps have been prepared, a second party goes out, following the same route, and comprising the photographers usually with one of the R.A.S. sub-committee members (preferably one who helped to prepare the schedule) as a guide. It often happens that the photographers find additional scenes of interest in the course of the excursion, so that the schedule has to be rewritten to include these extra sites.
When the photographs are submitted, normally as 31/4"x5" prints, these have to be sorted out and numbered according to the schedule. Then comes the difficult job of selection. A few can be immediately discarded as unwanted, but the majority are kept for the reference file. The best of these—perhaps one in three—are selected for enlargement to 5"x7", and these will be mounted in albums to be kept in the Society's Library. A few of the very best have been picked for this exhibition. We do not know at the moment exactly how many photographs have been acquired, but at a guess there are over 500 for the sixty or more sites covered so far. There are also the negatives to be stored in such a way that we can make any extra prints on request; so the reference file, as well as having the prints numbered according to the schedules, will also have numbered references to the collection of negatives.
Use
Apart from the obvious desirability of preserving a record of present-day Hong Kong, it is hoped that the photographs will have a growing value to research workers and others interested in the local scene. Persons concerned with architectural or social history, for example, should find the collection useful. The question of copyright and royalties for the photographers has still to be worked out, but it is hoped that we shall be able to provide prints on request of most of the photographs. The reference file and albums will also be available for consultation when the Society has suitable accommodation of its own, presumably in the Arts Centre.
Progress
As already stated, the area covered so far is relatively small although the number of photographs is surprisingly large. We are
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giving site numbers and details of the views to be taken. Samples of the maps and schedules are included in the exhibition. At this stage no photographs are normally taken.
As soon as possible after the schedules and maps have been prepared, a second party goes out, following the same route, and comprising the photographers usually with one of the R.A.S. sub- committee members (preferably one who helped to prepare the schedule) as a guide. It often happens that the photographers find additional scenes of interest in the course of the excursion, so that the schedule has to be rewritten to include these extra sites.
When the photographs are submitted, normally as 34"x5" prints, these have to be sorted out and numbered according to the schedule. Then comes the difficult job of selection. A few can be immediately discarded as unwanted, but the majority are kept for the reference file. The best of these-perhaps one in three-are selected for enlargement to 5"x7", and these will be mounted in albums to be kept in the Society's Library. A few of the very best have been picked for this exhibition. We do not know at the mo- ment exactly how many photographs have been acquired, but at a guess there are over 500 for the sixty or more sites covered so far. There are also the negatives to be stored in such a way that we can make any extra prints on request; so the reference file, as well as having the prints numbered according to the schedules, will also have numbered references to the collection of negatives.
Use
Apart from the obvious desirability of preserving a record of presentday Hong Kong, it is hoped that the photographs will have a growing value to research workers and others interested in the local scene. Persons concerned with architectural or social history, for example, should find the collection useful. The question of copyright and royalties for the photographers has still to be worked out, but it is hoped that we shall be able to provide prints on request of most of the photographs. The reference file and albums will also be available for consultation when the Society has suitable accommodation of its own, presumably in the Arts Centre.
Progress
As already stated, the area covered so far is relatively small although the number of photographs is surprisingly large. We are
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