art seem to flourish mightily in
this genial clime of wondrous, colorful beauty. A land of smiling
sunshine, of lofty snow-capped peaks, of weird trees, of golden
poppy-covered slopes, of sparkling seas--it is small wonder that the young
art of the camera should thrive so vigorously there.

There are several active foci of pictorial interest in the State. The
most active and most promising of these centers is the Camera
Pictorialists of Los Angeles. This club, as we may call it, has a
membership of fourteen under the directorship of Louis Fleckenstein.
Every member is an active worker of ability and promise. This group has
made an imposing representation in nearly every photographic salon of
recent years.

They are sponsors for the International Photographic Salon held annually
in the municipal art gallery of Los Angeles. This exhibition, with two
years of success behind it, must be rated as the premier event of its kind
in the West, and, in the quality of its offerings, second to none on the
continent.

While this is the only prominent group in California organized for
strictly pictorial work, there are a great many independent workers widely
scattered about the State. San Francisco and the bay region can claim a
score or more whose achievements have been notable.

Oregon has many enthusiastic workers and a strong club in Portland.
Washington likewise has many camera artists of talent. Both these States
have an untold wealth of pictorial material and many keen pictorialists.
All they lack is an active leader or two to bring them to the rank they
should hold in the photographic world.

In Salt Lake City we find an active, enthusiastic and very promising group
of workers under the able leadership of Thomas O. Sheckell. Through the
medium of an extensive series of one-man exhibitions they have brought
before the art-loving public of their city the best work of a large number
of our leading pictorialists.

One of the most interesting and auspicious developments of the year has
been the recent formation of the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Pictorial
Photographers of America.

For very logical reasons the chief activities of the parent body of the
Pictorial Photographers of America have been centered in the City of New
York. An earnest desire to enjoy like activities right at home while
still sharing the privileges of direct affiliation with our fellows of the
Pictorial Photographers of America led to the form