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Ted Grant – The Art of Observation DVD

Toronto, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Our coming Program meeting will feature this interesting DVD by photographer Dr Ted Grant in BC titled The Art of Observation. The public is welcome.  Go to our Programs page for times and directions.

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CONTACT and Campbell House

Toronto, May 1 – 29, 2014. The PHSC will be featured at Campbell House in this year’s CONTACT event. Campbell House is a well known museum situated downtown on the north-west corner of Queen and University in Toronto. Double the Pleasure, … Continue reading

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Fall Camerama Show – November 24, 2013

TORONTO November 9, 2013. Gary Perry is hosting his latest show on  Sunday  November 24th, 2013 at his new location: Days Hotel and Conference Centre in Toronto. The Days  Hotel is at 185 Yorkland Bl. (near Highway 404 and Sheppard) – good parking … Continue reading

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New Sony Full Frame Mirrorless Digital Cameras

Toronto, October 19, 2013. I wonder if we are seeing a new trend in cameras? My NEX-6 is a wonderful little camera to use with its APS-C  sensor. It was preceded by the NEX-7 model which has a higher resolution … Continue reading

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Quarter Million Dollar Flight of Fancy

Toronto, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Thanks to the Toronto Star and various local television stations, my curiosity has been answered. Back on May 27, 2013 I discovered what looked like wings hanging from the rafters in the hall at the … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-3

Editor David Bridge rounds up some juicy stories for this month: From left: Cover of 13-3. Trunk show, auction this fall and PHSC honours Harry Joy. Book and journal reviews. Revisiting the fireman daguerreotype. A dummy cheap infra-red plant camera. … Continue reading

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Baltzley Photograph Spotted

TORONTO, May 31, 2013. Member and Image Curator Ashley Cook dropped me an email to say she spotted a Baltzley in the Early Exploration Photographs in Canada exhibition running until the end of September at the National Gallery of Canada … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-1

Our newest editor David Bridge is definitely getting the hang of things with this marvellous 12 page opus. In it, we learn about LIFT (our May program), the Spring Fair, a report on the April Business meeting and Movie Night … Continue reading

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Photographic Canadiana 39-1

Bob Lansdale finished another major issue of our journal. This issue, 39-1, hit the post office this week. Bob had to add another 4 pages to squeeze it all in. This issue reports on the mysterious Flotmar camera discovered by … Continue reading

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Chris Kennedy and LIFT

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wednesday, May 15, 2013. CHRIS KENNEDY on LIFT.  Our first meeting under President Mark Singer will feature Chris Kennedy, Executive Director of the “Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto”. Come out and hear Chris talk on this … Continue reading

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