Internet Mountains – Photographer Clive Holden

Internet Mountain by Clive Holden

Internet Mountains by Clive Holden

Toronto. How long have we had digital photography and the internet? Decades? Well, someone had to use the new technology combined with the old to create modern day landscape images. Member Stephen Bulger is hosting an exhibit – his second – by photographer Clive Holden.

The exhibit begins today with a reception from 2 – 5 pm for the artist. The exhibit will run to October 15th, 2016 at the Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen St West in Toronto.

The announcement says in part, “INTERNET MOUNTAINS is a manifestation of Holden’s interest in the mechanics of time and perception. Although these video and photo-based compositions are computer-rendered and manipulated, they fit – uncomfortably but recognizably – within the long tradition of landscape photography. 

“Holden’s compositions explore concepts of scale, the relationships suggested by the implied permanence and impermanence of our world, the delivery of information, and the transformative effects of time on memory and geography. As such, Holden’s work invites viewers to engage with his art in an instinctual way.”

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Tintype Portraits in Toronto

Tintype portrait by Horst Herget

Tintype portrait by Horst Herget

Toronto. Horst Herget is a Toronto photographer specializing in photography for Healthcare and Educational Institutions. His web site gives you an idea of his current portfolio.

One aspect of his work is to create unusual portraits – Horst is one of a few photographers who will create a Tintype photograph. Horst uses an 8 x10 Deardorff view camera. He sent me a notice of his intent to participate in the Cabbagetown Art & Crafts Show earlier this month.

While I accidentally missed  posting the Cabbagetown event before it was held, Horst does have a studio here in the city at 140 Fulton Ave in Riverdale (south of Mortimer between Broadview and Pape in the east end). Check his Tintype site for prices and details for Fulton House Studio Portraits – outdoors or indoors.

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Skinner Photographs Auction in Boston

Auction in Boston

Auction in Boston

Toronto. Skinner  Auction in Boston dropped me a note the other day mentioning their auction in Boston on September 23, 2016 featuring fine photographs.

“The [Skinner] auction of 61 lots features works by modern and contemporary masters including Ansel Adams, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, and Annie Leibovitz in addition to a special themed section celebrating photography in Boston and New England.”

Their catalogue is now on line at this link. Have a look and see how you can add to your collection.

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Photographic Canadiana 42-2

Wray Mystery Camera

Wray Mystery Camera

Toronto. The latest issue was packaged Wednesday and hits the mail routes shortly. Members will see this issue in a few days. As mentioned recently this edition is the first to use our new layout.

The main article was first published earlier this year in Photographic World and asks the question “was This England’s First 35mm Camera?”. The article is well researched by author John Wade who was fortunate to be able to interview the late Arthur Penwarden a retired Director of Wray who was 97 at the time. Continue reading

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Snapshot – First Fall talk in Rochester by TPHS

Brian Coe and the Snapshot Photograph book

Brian Coe and the Snapshot Photograph book

Toronto. Our friends across the lake in Rochester have started their fall series of speakers too. Marian Early, Treasurer of TPHS in Rochester sent me an email announcing their first monthly speaker, Joe Struble of GEH. Joe will speak on the ubiquitous snapshot photograph. His talk is announced as:

“Snapshot… In 1860, the eminent British scientist Sir John Herschel adapted a hunting term for shooting from the hip without taking careful aim to the possibility of someday being able to take a photograph in 1/10 of a second.

“More than 100 years later, the photographer Steven Halpern wrote, “The family albums of my great-grandparents are filled with serious and severe people looking as if they were bringing their souls to judgement. The snapshots in the albums of my parents show Mom and Dad throwing snowballs at each other in the storm of 1947.

“Joe R. Struble was Collections Manager of the Photography Collection at George Eastman House / International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester NY. He retired in April 2015 after 26 years there.”

Continue reading

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Everything Old is New Again III

Toronto. As mentioned earlier, our society is being revitalized. A new Toronto programme, a new layout for Photographic Canadiana, and now a revitalized pdf newsletter. The next issue of  the 16 year old newsletter will be called simply News. The layout is fresh and clean. Articles are a single page long – or less (longer articles are in our printed journal).

Kudos to editor David Bridge and his collaborators Sonja Pushchak and husband John Morden, both PhD candidates at York University in Toronto.

samples from the draft version of News(letter) 16-4. The final pdf will be issued this weekend.

samples from the draft version of News(letter) 16-4. The final pdf will be issued this weekend.

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QR Codes and Generators

www.phsc.ca QR code by  http://goqr.me/

www.phsc.ca QR code by
http://goqr.me/

Toronto. A few years back, the Globe and Mail ran some advertisements and suggested we “read” the ad for more information using a QR reader. Curious, I searched for such a reader on my iPod Touch and an app called Layar showed up. I downloaded this free app and “viewed” the ad using this app. To my surprise a web page was opened with much more detail. (Layar also generates QR codes, apparently.)

The other night at a PHSC executive meeting a question was raised about using a QR code for the society journal. To my surprise, our VP Ashley Cook casually mentioned QR generators can be found for free! Tempted, I did a Google search and downloaded a “free” generator. The first one claimed to be free, then asked for a small monthly fee. The second one did indeed create a free QR code and only asked for a Facebook “like” in return.

It worked and I gladly gave it a “like” The icon at the upper left of this post was created using this free service and takes you to our web site’s home page if you use a QR reader. Truly magic!

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Das Boot, Das Leica

Stock Photo

Stock Photo

Toronto. I saw the film Das Boot in the Kingsway Theatre on Bloor in the west end of Toronto. Kingsway was by then a revival theatre. The building was musty and damp, fitting for this movie.  In March of 1983, I bought a large size Bantam paperback called “U-Boat War“. Written by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, author of Das Boot (1975), and translated into English by Gudie Lawaetz.  This video on Youtube gives the Allies’ point of view on the U-Boats.

Buchheim was an artist in his early 20s when he went to sea in a WW2 U-Boat. Designated U-96, it first saw service in September 1940 and survived the war until the end of March 1945 when it was sunk by aircraft bombardment, just weeks before the war ended.  Continue reading

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Everything Old is New Again II

Toronto. The PHSC is undergoing a revitalization: A downtown Image Show, a redesigned programme for our Toronto meetings,  a revised PC journal, and (coming soon) a revitalized pdf newsletter…. Thanks to Rita Godlevskis (via Felix Russo and PhotoEd) and Bob Lansdale for the new look to the journal (still under slight modification). Here is a preview – coming in the mail shortly.

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Everything Old is New Again

Fojo-EnlargerToronto. George Dunbar reminded me that the TPHS newsletter put out a few months back by our friends in Rochester mentioned this interesting site. The Fojo Shop has a new version of an enlarger, easel, app, darkroom light, and supplies.

The twist is that the app converts your smart phone photo images to a monotone (B&W) negative image.

You place the smart phone in the enlarger and focus and re-size the image. Snap your fingers and the enlarger goes out. Load the paper in the easel. Snap again and the enlarger comes on and auto times. Develop, Stop, Fix and Wash using a snap to set the timer at each step.

The link explains it all and has a Vimeo video to take you through the steps even if you have never processed a print before. And yes, you can also print a film negative!

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