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Photographic Society of America, Published 1954. Wraps, 48, D76 pp.; 28 cm; single issue with the Annual Membership Directory as of November 1, 1953 bound in; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, diagrams and period advertisements, one in color.
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial wraps with a few small nicks and tears along edges, light rubbing, and some color loss along edges. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. Official monthly of the Photographic Society of America, edited by Don Bennett, with the society's annual directory listing members alphabetically and by geography, plus officers, honors holders, charter clubs and by-laws. Portrait Pointers analyzes six stages of a salon portrait by Seattle photographer Que Chin. Kodak introduces its four new cameras of late 1953: Chevron, Bantam RF, Pony 135 Model B and Brownie Holiday. A PSA Traveler item shows Indian dip-net salmon fishing at Celilo Falls, which flooded when The Dalles Dam was finished in 1957. Advertisements from Hasselblad (the 1000F at $399.50), Leica, Graflex, Wollensak, Ansco, Gevaert, La Belle and Linhof. Contents: Annual Membership Directory; Portrait Pointers, by Maurice H. Louis; Salon Catalog Selections; Pictorialism in Color Slides, by Glenn E. Brookins; Slides Can Be Edited, by Irma Louise Carter; How to Write Movie Scripts, by George Cushman; Electric Voting Machine, by John H. Wilke