Category Archives: activities-other

Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Robert

Thanks to member John Bock, a familiar face at the Photographica Fairs, for noting an interesting article by Chuck Delaney on the salt paper and albumen prints of Paris by Marville before some city streets and neighbourhoods were torn up … Continue reading →

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Butterflies and Buffalo Camera

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Robert

Stan White always sends me an interesting tidbit. In this case, it is a doozy! This mammoth camera will be used to capture portraits of some fifty distinct cultures in the states. The camera’s purpose is captured by this brief … Continue reading →

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31st Annual Photo Show in Washington DC

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Robert

Member Tom Rall announced his “Biggest and Best Antique Photo Show Yet”. The show is a week this Sunday, on March 16, 2014 at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 N Ft. Myer Dr, Arlington, Virginia. Check the poster and the … Continue reading →

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Montreal Camera Show

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Robert

Montreal, April 6, 2014. April in Montreal is such a wonderful time. The weather is warming up. The university students clamber up Mount Royal to study for exams and bask in the warm sunshine! Sol Hadef is holding his 53rd show … Continue reading →

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London UK – Then and Now

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Robert

Toronto, February 26, 2014. The “Then and Now” theme appears to be a popular way to show city street changes over the decades. Each picture shows a version in black and white (old) and a version in colour (new), often … Continue reading →

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Mapping out the photographic network in 19th century Canada.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Robert

Toronto November 20, 2013. Mapping out the photographic network in 19th century Canada by  Shannon Perry. Ms Perry spoke with us on WWII colour photographs two years ago in November 2011. Since that time she has changed responsibilities in the … Continue reading →

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Photos by Kirk

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Robert

Toronto November 19, 2013. Toronto cinematographer Jamie Day Fleck visited the PHSC Toronto meeting last month in a search for an 8×10 field camera. She is directing a documentary about the Armenian Genocide survivor Kourken Hovsepian. Hovsepian photographed generations of … Continue reading →

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Ted Grant: Sixty Years of Legendary Photojournalism

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Robert

Vancouver November 16, 2013. PHSC member Dr Ted Grant sent me a note today mentioning his recent book Sixty Years of Legendary Photojournalism. Written by Thelma Fayle with a forward by two prominent conservatives, ex-Prime Minister Joe Clark and his … Continue reading →

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Soccer: Canada’s National Sport

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Robert

Celebrate the launch of  SOCCER: CANADA’S NATIONAL SPORT, the new book by our (PHSC) past president Les Jones. He says it is, “a remarkable achievement and the first Canadian coffee-table book on The Beautiful Game.” The launch is in the … Continue reading →

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Harry Enchin: TorontoTIME

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, November 9, 2013. Thanks to members John Linsky and John Allman for bring to our attention Toronto Photographer Harry Enchin. Harry took a selection of Toronto Archives photos and merged portions with his modern colour images photographed at the … Continue reading →

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