Category Archives: people

Photographers in the city archives

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. We often wonder (at least I do) how people lived a century ago; how the city looked back then; who was in power; what jobs prevailed. Some of the answers exist in our archives thanks to photographers and historians … Continue reading →

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Avard Woolaver, photographer

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Avard Woolaver grew up in Hants county, Nova Scotia, home of many of my ancestors on my mother’s father’s side. Avard is a photographer, author, and a Ryerson grad. He mounted an exhibition in room 310 at the Ryerson … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. He wasn’t known as a photographer but as an author and physicist. Stephen Hawking contracted ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) while doing his doctorate at Cambridge. It was diagnosed when he was only 21 but progressed so slowly that he … Continue reading →

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Oscar Munoz – Hasselblad award winner 2018

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Our membership secretary, Wayne Gilbert, dropped me a note the other day that announced this year’s winner of the Hasselbald award, photographer Oscar Munoz courtesy of the Mynewsdesk site. After the second war, the Hasselblad camera became famous as … Continue reading →

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the late Diane Arbus

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. I was first introduced to the works of Diane Arbus around 1970 in the TIME-LIFE series of books on photography. They conveyed little if any of her tumultuous history. In the NY Times for Thursday, March 8th an article … Continue reading →

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our city’s first photographer

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. The Saturday, March 3rd Globe and Mail had an interesting article (A little girl in Toronto lost to history – and now found) about discovery of the identity of a child photographer by Arthur Goss while on assignment to record … Continue reading →

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Doc photography and CBC Celebs

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC Meeting, Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 7:00 pm Celebrities in the 1950s and 60s at the CBC – Dale Barnes 150 Years of Documentary Photography – Vincenzo Pietropaolo We have two speakers for March. Dale Barnes will speak on … Continue reading →

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Marge Addison, the first PHSC Membership Secretary

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. We were saddened to learn that the first membership secretary of the PHSC has passed away.  Marge held the post from 1974 to 1981. She was membership secretary in 1975 when I joined the PHSC. She and husband Jack … Continue reading →

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collecting orphan Polaroids

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. This past Monday, I received an interesting email from George Dunbar. The topic was orphan Polaroids. George passed on this link to an article in the Washington Post (motto “Democracy Dies in Darkness”). The article, written by Dee Swann … Continue reading →

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Reg Innell, photographer, Toronto Star 92

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. My thanks to Ashley Cook for passing on this note regarding retired Star photographer Reg Innell. In this February 5th column by Julien Gignac, the Star noted the passing of Reg Innell. Innell was an associate of the late Boris Spremo … Continue reading →

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