Category Archives: book

A Steady Lens – pioneer photographer Mary Spencer

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Robert

Toronto, February 28, 2014. Yesterday I received a courteous note from author Sherril Foster. Ms Foster wrote to the website after learning of the death of Gerry Loban who she wished to thank for his assistance with her research of … Continue reading →

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Show and Tell 2013

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wednesday, Dec. 18th, 2013 ANNUAL SHOW AND TELL In a few short weeks it will be time again for our  popular Show & Tell evening. Members bring all sorts of unusual items for show and possible identification. … 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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Obsolescence and Darkness

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, October 12, 2013. I have been a fan of the Globe and Mail for over a half century now. I spotted this  photography related item this morning  in a Globe column called “Week in Preview” under a heading “Visual Art“. … Continue reading →

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PHSC Press issues its first book

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, October 3, 2013. John Morden (press@phsc.ca) is pleased to announce the first book published by PHSC Press is now available. Secure the Shadow, by Robert G. Wilson is the exciting story of the life of Benjamin Baltzly. Earlier  books … Continue reading →

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Raja Deen Dayal: Artist-Photographer in 19th-Century India

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed. September 18, 2013. DR. DEEPALI DEWAN – Senior Curator, ROM, Dept of World Cultures.  For our first meeting of the fall session, we welcome Dr Deepali Dewan. She currently has an exhibition in the ROM on the … Continue reading →

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Antique Photographica – The Collector’s Vision

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO, June 12, 2013. Bob Lansdale mentioned that his colleagues Bryan and Page Ginns have recently published a selection of articles in a book titled Antique Photographica, The Collector’s Vision. Both Amazon USA and Amazon Canada have the book available … Continue reading →

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Early Photography in Kingston – from the Daguerreotype to the Postcard

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO, May 22, 2013. Dr Jennifer McKendry, our guest speaker back in September of 2002, spoke to the PHSC on the subject of “Early Photography in Kingston”. The second edition of the same titled book earned one of our first … Continue reading →

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Daguerreian Annual 2012

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO, May 22, 2013. Robert Lansdale, editor of our Photographic Canadiana and official photographer for the Daguerreian Society advised me that the Society’s 2012 annual is now available. This annual is a well known publication with many purpose-written and illustrated  articles on … Continue reading →

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