ad in an October, 1952 magazine to learn photography by mail
Toronto. Some years ago one of our founders, Larry Boccioletti, spent a miserable year in NYC as the hired head of a mail order photography programme. Larry said in all the time in Manhattan, he worked such long hours, and the buildings were so tall, he never saw the sun during the work week.
His task was to mark the student papers; answer student questions; mail out new course material; and send those who stayed with the programme and passed a certificate of their success as a newly minted bonified (Bona fide) photographer.
The above advertisement for students to the “New York Institute of Photography” was found by George Dunbar in the October, 1952 issue of Popular Mechanics while he was digging out more photo history material.
NB. The post title is a riff on Paul Simon’s clever 1975 song, “50 Ways to Leave a Lover” sung here by Paul himself.
