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No. 1 ... 1 inch l| inch 2 5 the th? *^" ^^y^"-^^ JAMES A. SINCLAIR LTD., LONDON, S.W. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from ^ IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/1914photogramsof00lond' THE ELEMENTS AT WAR B,, F.RP.S. F. J. MORTIMER PHOTOGRAMS^'"' OF THE YEAR 1914 THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WORLD'S PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK hDITED BY F. J. MORTIMER, F.R.P.S. BMmr ^'^Tht Amutar Thmptphtr a»d rktmgrtfUt Nrmm " ?r>v London: HAZELL. WATSON & VINEY. Ld., Long ACRE, w.C. NEW v^. L ^PVNANT * WARD. CANADA: THE Ml'SSON BOOK CO. LD., Tonoirro. AUSTRALASIA: MtLSounNR— «ODA- <!«) LD : HARRINGTONS LTD. Stdhit-HARRINGTONS LTD. ; KODAK (Ao»t«aiji»ia) LD. Adilaide— KODAK .«») LD . HARRCNGTONS LTD B»i»m»«—HARRINGTONS LTD : KODAK (AurrmAUisiAi LD. Auc»laiip. NZ—KubAK Uuvtwalaua) LD. : HARJtINGTONS LTD. Wblumoto*. N.Z.—HARRINGTONS LTD.; KODAK (AvnaALAmiA) LD SOUTH AFRICA: CORDON A GOTCH : LENNON LD. INDIA: Calcutta. BoHur. Maoia* and Tiavarcoiii— THACKBR • CO. BowuT—BABAJBB SAKHARAM « CO. SINGAPORE: ROBINSON * CO. JAPAN: Toito-MARU/BN: CO LTD . V OKURA. rmamtA, Ktoio. Omu-MARUZBN CO. LTD. Voioiiama. Kobb-Z. P. MARUYA * CO. CALIFORNIA. KtUBALL UPSON * CO.. SACBAMnTO. Pa production of a book of pictures of the character of THE"Photograms of the Year" during such a war-obsessed period as the autumn of 1914 may be considered by many a venturesome proceeding. But, to paraphrase the motto of the British Navy (which the Service has so adequately put into practice), Si vis pacem para bellum, we may say, "In time of war prepare for peace"; and in the publication of "Photograms of the Year " for 1914 we are guided by the fact that the two pre- ceding volumes have created an ever-increasing demand for the book in all parts of the world where pictorial photography is practised, and also that the failure to put on record the best work of the year, as produced up to the time of the commencement of European hostilities, would, by breaking the continuity of the series, react adversely in the future when the arts of peace again have an opportunity of uninterrupted development. It is, there- fore, with every confidence that the collection of pictures contained in the following pages is presented to that large public which has already shown so marked an appreciation of " Photograms of the Year " in the past. This year we have again to offer sincere thanks to those who have contributed. There has been no falling off in the number of pictures submitted ; in fact, in the months immediately preceding publication far more pictorial photographs have been sent in for selection than in any previous year.