Monthly Archives: May 2021

A Conversation with Rita Godlevskis

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  A Conversation with Rita Godlevskis, Editor and Publisher, PhotoEd Magazine On line MAY 19, 2021 – 7:30 EDT – PHSC May 2021 presentation for Toronto Meeting (virtual) The migration to online consumption of text and the COVID-19 pandemic have had devastating … Continue reading →

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Faye Schulman photographer 1920-2021

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Ms Schulman lived for 101 exciting years. She was born Faigel Lazebnik on Nov. 28, 1919, in Lenin, a Polish town near the Russian border. She died here in Toronto just over a century later. Read about her exciting life … Continue reading →

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quirks and quotes

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  The old bromide “a photo is worth a thousand words” was around when I was a kid. Petapixel built on this theme by offering an article “70 Inspirational Quotes for Photographers” by TAMMY LAMOUREUX back on  MAY 29, 2014. The … Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana Supplement 2-4 (May 2021)

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. This year, the PHSC sponsored a project by students in the Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management Program at Ryerson University. The project will mount an exhibition of images from the Sovfoto Archive at the MacLaren Art Centre at … Continue reading →

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engine, engine, number 14

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. We held our 14th ZOOM exec meeting Wednesday evening. And Celio out did himself in arranging this meeting and investigation alternate ZOOM features. The third wave still has Toronto under total lockdown and stay at home status. ALL live … Continue reading →

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The Amateur Photographer et al

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Post WW2 we became very American-centric whereas we focused on Britain prewar and during the war years. Many of our books and nearly all magazines come from the States today and we seem to have forgotten the wealth of … Continue reading →

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just like a Leica

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. When we were first organized in the 1970s, Leicas, Zeiss-Ikons and other old cameras were everywhere at reasonable prices. We had red curtain Leicas, K (German for ball bearing) stamped curtains (these shutter worked reliably under very low temperature … Continue reading →

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Kodak goes to war

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. It was massive, heavy, and awkward to use, but with a great lens. It was the Medalist I 620 camera. Kodak built it for the US and British military after Germany cut off the German supply of cameras including … Continue reading →

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not with a bang, but a whimper

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Talk about bad timing laced with bad decisions! Zeiss introduced the Contarex SLR just as Nippon Kogaku introduced it’s Nikon F. The Contarex was an engineer’s dream – a massive three pounds; over 1,000 parts per camera body; every … Continue reading →

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yikes! that’s big

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Around year 2000, digital technology took off with sensors only a few mega pixels in size. Look what the whiz kids have done about two decades later! Modern day smart phones use a 12 mp sensor plus a computer … Continue reading →

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