The York Dispatch – Thursday, September 25, 1952

Noted Chinese Photographer To Address Mason-Dixon Clubs

Dr. Francis Wu

Members of  two of York camera clubs will attend the Mason-Dixon Camera Club’s convention at the Hotel Yorktown this Saturday.

The purpose of the convention, which is held in York every year, is to knit more closely the activities of camera fans in the Mason-Dixon Council of Camera Clubs. The council is made up of camera fan groups in 12 cities in Pennsylvania-Maryland area, including York, Harrisburg, Towson and Haggerstown.

A Haggerstown radio announcer, Dave Allen is general chairman of the convention. Allen is also president of Haggerstown Camera Club.

The principal speaker of the convention will be Dr. Francis Wu, a noted Chinese photographer. Dr. Wu is a Fellow of the Photographic Society of America and the Royal Photographic Society of England. A native of Hong Kong, China, he is in this country for a lecture tour before returning to operate his studio in the Orient. Dr. Wu will describe before the camera fans his method of taking pictures and he will explain the Chinese viewpoint of pictorial photography and how it can be used to achieve good pictures.