Category Archives: photos

Jump

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar sent me a Flicker link to people jumping. Use the big sideways arrows (< and >) to go from picture to picture. When George mentioned the topic, I immediately thought about Leica photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and his famous … Continue reading →

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People as Pixels

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. In this age of digital technology most of us know pixel means picture element which in the film era we called grain. George Dunbar sent me this remarkable link to a c1917 Library of Congress (Washington DC) photograph of … Continue reading →

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“I,” said the page, beginning to fade.

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The title of this post is from a song by Pete Seeger. On March 15, 1979, I took my family to The Bay at Cloverdale (long gone – became Zellers, then Target, and now empty for over two years). … Continue reading →

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Preservation of Digitally Printed Photographs

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. On December 12 of this year, George Dunbar sent me a followup to his search for an explanation of how his digital prints were printed. George has always insisted that a paper print of any age can be viewed … Continue reading →

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Neil Leifer, Sports Photographer

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The great sports photographer Neil Leifer‘s greatest photographs have been sold at auction. His work was reviewed in this  Globe article December 1, 2016 just a couple of days before the photos were auctioned off down in New York … Continue reading →

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Lost America Found

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Today we have a multitude of old photos – nameless people and places, Some faded, some still pristine like the sample at the left. When I was a kid in Barrie, Joe Waterer had a camera store downtown called … Continue reading →

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Daguerreotypes and YouTube

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. My friend and PHSC member, photographer Harold Staats, dropped me a note a few days back on the 29th of last month. He suggested this video on YouTube. In this video, one of many about early photographic processes on … Continue reading →

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New Sallows Book Available

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Robert

Toronto.  Last October we had the pleasure of hearing about Reuben R Sallows through the eyes of postcard specialist Mike Smith.  At the talk Mike mentioned that he and co-author Larry Mohring had an illustrated book on Sallows and his … Continue reading →

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Notman Exhibit at McCord 2016-2017

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The major repository for all things Notman is the McCord Museum in Montreal across Sherbrooke from McGill University. McCord mounted a Notman exhibition to be displayed from November 4, 2016 to next spring, March 26, 2017. The exhibition was … Continue reading →

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Clocks for Seeing

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. My friend and photographer Harold Staats sent me this interesting link last Saturday to the Firman Gallery. Like Harold, David Firman is a photographer. David had a couple of photographs on display up in Ottawa at the NRC in … Continue reading →

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