Category Archives: activities-other

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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Lutz Dille’s Photos on display

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, November 4, 2013. According to U of T Magazine, the UTAC (University of Toronto Art Centre) is hosting 22 gelatine silver prints of the city taken by photographer Lutz Dille, a German-born photographer and filmmaker who lived in this … Continue reading →

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Nikon Df Full Frame Digital DSLR

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, November 4, 2013. Member Paul Pasquarello of Buffalo sent me this interesting tidbit this morning on the imminent Nikon full frame small DSLR answer to the recent Sony A7 and A7r announcement. The images come courtesy of the Nikon … Continue reading →

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Khumbu glacier in gigaplex

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, October 28, 2013. Last December Ken Metcalfe out on the West Coast sent me an interesting article from the Washington Post. David Breashears photographed  the erosion of the Khumbu glacier (next to Mount Everest) from the inroads of climate … Continue reading →

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