Category Archives: people

Bicycles, Velocipedes and 3D Photography

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. If you are interested in the phenomenon of stereo imaging or interested in learning the history of the bicycle and its precursor the Velocipede, then you will want to hear and see our May lecture with images that date back to … Continue reading →

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Dave Eve Passes

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Russ Forfar gave me a heads up that Dave Eve died on Thursday, May 5, 2016 in the Oakville General Hospital. Dave was a member of the PHSC in the early days. Dave also repaired Leica Screw mount cameras and … Continue reading →

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Annual Pinhole Photography Day

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Canadian Taxes intervened with my intention to post George Dunbar’s mention of the annual Pinhole photography day. Fortunately editor emeritus Terry Wedge and newsletter editor David Bridge stepped up to the challenge. George celebrated the date in a very … Continue reading →

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Stan Douglas Hasselblad Winner 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Congratulations to Artist Stan Douglas of Vancouver, winner of the prestigious Hasselblad Foundation award in 2016. My thanks to PHSC Journal editor Bob Lansdale for bringing this story to my attention. I chose Douglas’s1999 Michigan Theatre photograph (click icon at … Continue reading →

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Toronto’s William James Family

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. A few weeks ago George Dunbar sent me this interesting set of images. George frequently browses photographic sites including Toronto’s Urban Toronto web site. The images were posted last month in Urban Toronto by  a member who goes by … Continue reading →

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Harold Staats – Lost Images Exhibit

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. View the details here.

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Would this 1946 assignment be banned today?

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Member George Dunbar has a warm spot for copyright and privacy issues. George sent me this brief article: In 1946, LIFE magazine hid photographer Yale Joel behind a two-way mirror in the lobby of a Times Square theatre. Joel … Continue reading →

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$221,000 US photograph by Ansel Adams

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. I first saw a reproduction of this beautiful photograph by Adams in one of the Time-Life books I bought in 1970 (The Camera). Today, Dalle Kaplan at Swann Auction Galleries announced a print of this shot sold for the … Continue reading →

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Review of Heckman’s Canadian Pacific

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Robert

This is my review of Ralph Beaumont’s talk on Heckman and his CPR images. Unless otherwise noted the images used are courtesy of Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives. Bob Lansdale, Clint, and I met with January’s speaker Ralph Beaumont and his … Continue reading →

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Harold Staats – Lost images – Gallery Exhibit at the Gladstone

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. At our recent jaunt to Ryerson’s RIC and Archives, I bumped into Harold Staats who mentioned his exhibit this spring at the Gladstone in Toronto. Harold Staats -Lost Images April 14 – 26, 2016 Gallery Exhibit at the Gladstone … Continue reading →

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