Category Archives: people

Krentz and Hubbell to speak at April 19th Image Show

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Robert

We are pleased to learn from our Vice President, Ashley Cook, that two speakers will be presenting at PHSC’s coming Image Show. If you have images for sale and haven’t yet arranged for a table, click here for the Vendor Form. Regular … Continue reading →

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AGO mounts an exhibit of 1940/1 photos of a Jewish Ghetto

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC member and speaker Maia Sutnik narrates this brief video of an AGO exhibit of Polish life recorded quietly in the Jewish Ghetto at Lodz in Poland in 1940 and 1941 by photographer Henryk Ross. Ross was forced by the … Continue reading →

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Toronto Observed Through Three Generations

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. This show by a trio of photographers: Harry Joy, Doug Hemmy, and Andy Brooks opened at the Market Gallery last Saturday. Thanks to member George Dunbar for this photo of Harry Joy and Tom Bochsler at the event. You … Continue reading →

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The Past is Never Far – Summer Leigh

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, Jan 21st, 2015 Summer Leigh is the artist behind The Past is Never Far, a photographic series that explores the extraordinary changes Toronto has experienced since its founding in the 18th century. Ms Leigh held her first camera … Continue reading →

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Library of Birmingham Photography Collections at Risk

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Robert

Bath, UK. On the letterhead of the RPS,  Professor Elizabeth Edwards, Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University and Dr Michael Pritchard, The Royal Photographic Society send an urgent message regarding the imminent demise of the famous Library of Birmingham Photography … Continue reading →

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Brian Matiash Photography

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. The other day I received an email from Brian Matiash with a sampling of his blogs. One article caught my eye – a discussion of how and why he migrated to G-Technology drives (Which I have used for some … Continue reading →

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Through Canada with a Kodak (1893)

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Robert

Toronto.  Thanks to member George Dunbar for this interesting link. In 1893, barely five years after George Eastman began selling his famous Kodak camera, W.H White of Edinburgh published a book called Through Canada with a Kodak by the Countess of Aberdeen, … Continue reading →

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Photos by Harry Joy coming the St Lawrence Market, Toronto

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Robert

Toronto, January 24, 2015. We are delighted to hear that 97 year old PHSC member Harry Joy will have his photographs featured in an exhibit at Toronto’s historic St Lawrence Market. Opening at the St Lawrence Market Art Gallery on January … Continue reading →

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Graham Wesley Garrett – Daguerreotype Researcher

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Robert

Toronto, July 27, 2014. Photographic Canadiana editor, Bob Lansdale, relays this sad message: “Noted historian Graham Garrett passed away last July 27, 2014 in his 80th year. This sad loss has just been drawn to our attention. Graham contributed several … Continue reading →

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Chas Abel Photo Service “Photo Finish”

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Robert

Toronto, November 27, 2014. Thanks to PHSC member George Dunbar who spotted this obituary for a local legend. Charles Abel owned a Toronto  photo finishing company when I was a kid. His trademark was a horse race with a “photo finish”. … Continue reading →

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