Category Archives: processes

Mirrors with Memory: Daguerreotypes from Library and Archives Canada

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Bob Lansdale sent me a note recently announcing an interesting exhibit taking place in Ottawa this fall and winter at the National Gallery. The National Gallery has an arrangement to exhibit holdings of the Library and Archives Canada. … Continue reading →

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Review of The Magic of 3D

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Member Felix Russo presented his talk on 3D photography to a delighted audience at the monthly PHSC meeting in Toronto. Felix drew upon a number of his PhotoEd magazine specials on 3D plus some old traditional images collected by … Continue reading →

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Where have all the cameras gone?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. ….to smart phones and tablets one and all. A few days ago as my wife and I set out shopping, I spotted a bunch of bald faced hornets sipping water on the euonymus hedge at the front of our house. … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Eddie

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. How sad. It was announced today that Black’s has folded and will close the last 50+ stores in early August. Heavens, Black’s is older than me. I spent many a lunch hour visiting the local Black’s to have my … 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: 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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An Early History of IMAX

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Back in the days when the inventors of Imax were developing a film for Ontario Place and before any first run theatres played Imax or before it became a means for first run movies, a small group of Seneca … 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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Memories of Homemade Colour Prints

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar’s note to me about the ferrania slide film revival brought back memories of my efforts to print colour back in the summer of 1960 when most amateur photographs were black and white. While I worked in Labrador, … Continue reading →

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