Category Archives: people

Photos by Kirk Directed by Jamie Day Fleck

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, June 17th, 2015 We spoke with Jamie back in November 2013 at our Toronto meeting. At the time, Ms Fleck was searching for cameras and preparing her documentary on Kirk. She has since completed her work and we … Continue reading →

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Photographers of Ontario

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. John Krug of Ottawa needs your help. John runs the web site Photographers of Ontario. At left is a cabinet card by John Best of Oshawa – but it has no definitive date posted, front or back. John writes, … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Bell and the English Channel, Summer 1955

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Anyone living in the 1950s remembers the excitement created by a teen-aged Marilyn Bell when she became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario the late summer of 1954. At left is a Bob Lansdale photograph of young … Continue reading →

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In My View – the photographs of George Dunbar

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Retired industrial photographer George Dunbar is a long time member of the PHSC and a frequent contributor to this website. He applied his art at IBM here in Toronto.  Back in October 2000, George spoke to the PHSC on photography … Continue reading →

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Campbell House and Composites

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, May 27, 2015. Sarah Parsons on Notman’s Composite Photographs **IMPORTANT** **THIS MEETING ONLY  WE WILL MEET** **AT CAMPBELL HOUSE ON THE 4th WEDNESDAY** **QUEEN ST AND UNIVERSITY AVE** ** BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM** The month of … Continue reading →

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More Real than Reality exhibit now on Facebook

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. The U of T students who mounted the Campbell House exhibit of composite photographs using examples from the collections of PHSC members have set up a Facebook page to promote their exhibit and this year’s CONTACT which runs the … Continue reading →

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Michael Mitchell and AGO’s Lodz exhibit

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, April 15th, 2015 Michael Mitchell has spoken to the PHSC a couple of times before. This event co-incides with the Lodz exhibit of the Henryk Ross photographs of a Polish Ghetto in the early years of World War … Continue reading →

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More Real than Reality: The Art of Canadian Composite Photography 1870-1930

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. The PHSC is delighted to be a Featured Exhibitor at this year’s CONTACT festival. The show More Real than Reality will be shown at Campbell House, which is centrally located at Queen and University in Toronto.  This year’s exhibition features photographs … Continue reading →

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PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORIANS: A NEW GENERATION?

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Robert

Ryerson Image Centre Symposium March 26 – 28 School of Image Arts Ryerson University 122 Bond St, Toronto Ryerson presents its fourth symposium on photography. Click here for a description of the topics and speakers. The speakers are well known … Continue reading →

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Documentary Filmmaker Albert Maysles Dies At 88

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Robert

New York. Thanks to reader George Dunbar who advised me of this interesting post on the legendary Maysles bothers. Albert and his late brother David were well known and respected American documentary film makers. The brothers were best known for … Continue reading →

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