Category Archives: photos

The earliest days of American photography

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Thanks to my good friend and co-founder of the PHSC, John Linsky, for emailing me about this NY Times article on the Getty exhibition of early American photography by Rena Silverman. I did a post about the Getty exhibition … Continue reading →

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The photograph that changed modern portraiture

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Philippe Halsman and Salvador Dali were friends. One was a famous portrait photographer; the other a modern artist famous for his many weird and surreal paintings. In fact as a youth I bought a book on Dali and his … Continue reading →

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The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Daile Kaplan at Swann Auction Galleries in the Big Apple sent me an email a few days back announcing their latest auction, Sale 2474, called, The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks. The auction begins at 1:30pm on April 19th … Continue reading →

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CanAm Photo Expo in Niagara Falls ON

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. The CanAm Photo Expo takes place the end of next month in Niagara Falls Ontario on April 27 through 29. Click on the icon at left to see an example of an animal photo (leopard in a tree) courtesy … Continue reading →

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Kyriakos Kaziras photographic exhibition

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. GADcollection in Paris France is hosting an exhibition of photographs taken by Kyriakos Kaziras in the Big Apple. The exhibition runs from this March 15 to April 15. You can buy one or more of these dramatic photographs even … Continue reading →

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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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pushing colour prints postwar …

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. 3 years after the war was over (and then some) the average person preferred black & white prints over colour because of two things: cost and resolution. To promote colour, Kodak embarked on a strong advertising campaign. The company … 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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who needs Photoshop?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar has been very busy recently. He sent me this interesting news story recently. Here you can see how  various newspapers interpreted a sighting of a comet back in late 1947 in Australia. Just click on the icon … Continue reading →

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