Touring our European War Memorials and Cemeteries

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Robert
Photographer To Bochsler. Click for a larger view plus Tom's book and camera.

Photographer Tom Bochsler. Click for a larger view plus Tom’s book and camera.

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, April 20, 2016
Tom Bochsler: Our European War Memorials and Cemeteries

Our April meeting is traditionally our annual business meeting. In addition we will have the pleasure of hosting photographer Tom Bochsler.

Tom is a retired industrial photographer who operated his still active studio in Burlington, Ontario.Tom last spoke to us back in October 2011 when he and his long time associate Bob Chambers covered a combined 115 years of photography.

His first time as a PHSC speaker was in March of 2006 when he celebrated a half century in photography and was busy composing his first book “The Art of Industry“.

This time out, in memory of those souls who served Canada in two world wars in Europe, Tom will present and discuss his tour of the memorials and cemeteries of Europe as illustrated by his personal photographs.

The public is welcome.  Go to our Programs page for times and directions. Continue reading →

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PHS of NL formed March 2016

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Robert
Edith Cuerrier

Edith Cuerrier

Toronto. PHSC member Edith Cuerrier recently announced that she has formed the Photographic Historical Society of Newfoundland and Labrador. The first meeting of this organization was held in Ms Cuerrier’s home at Paradise NL.

PHSCNL was formed to serve like-minded folks interested in photographic history. We first saw her work back in December 2011 when a summary of her thesis, “George Eastman in Newfoundland and Labrador“, was published in issue 37-3 of Photographic Canadiana.

If you would like to join or participate in Edith’s new organization, email her at e_cuerrier@hotmail.com for further information, coming meetings, etc.

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Kent Washington Show April 9, 2016

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Robert

KentWAshowToronto. Bob Peters from the WCPHA in Vancouver B.C. sent me a note that the 36th annual Camera Show and swap meet at Kent, WA in the US northwest is set for April 9, 2016. Visit the sponsors, the Puget Sound Photographic Collectors Society and their show page. A link on their show page takes you to lots of photos at the show last year.

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Vancouver Show April 24, 2016

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Robert

SmallflyerPOSTX2s16-smToronto. Siggi Rohde (noblexcanada@shaw.ca) out in Coquitlan B.C. tells us that the next camera show and swap meet to be held by the WCPHA group is this coming April 24th.

If you are out in Vancouver later this April. drop in and say hello at the show in Burnaby. A great opportunity for you to add to your collection. Click here or on the icon in the upper left to read/print further details.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 20th, 2016 – PHSC AUCTION

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Robert


March 20, 2016 Auction. Click for details

March 20, 2016 Auction. Click for details

Toronto. Our first big event of this year is our March 20, 2016 auction. This event will be held at the Long Branch Legion Hall. Just click here or on the icon at left to see detailed times, directions and rules. All are welcome to attend and space permitting, offer suitable photographic goods and collectibles for auction.

Photos of some of the items to be auctioned Sunday can be viewed by clicking on the images below. Once opened, click on the first thumbnail and then click on any thumbnail to see a larger image.

Not shown but also to be auctioned are a Hanimex Rondette 110 slide projector (in unopened box), a Tamron Fotovix111 (with all slide  carriers, film, and manual in box), and a Vivtar 120 – 600 mm zoom f/5.6 with case and PK lens mount. Other items not shown or listed will go under the hammer too!     SEE PHOTOS…….>

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Stan Douglas Hasselblad Winner 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Robert

Hasselblad-Award-Winner-Stan-Douglas-Michigan-Theatre-smToronto. Congratulations to Artist Stan Douglas of Vancouver, winner of the prestigious Hasselblad Foundation award in 2016.

My thanks to PHSC Journal editor Bob Lansdale for bringing this story to my attention. I chose Douglas’s1999 Michigan Theatre photograph (click icon at left) to illustrate this post.

The following excerpt is from his biography:
“Stan Douglas was born in 1960 in Vancouver, where he currently lives and works. He attended the Emily Carr College of Art + Design from 1979 to 1982. From 1982 to 1983, he made installations with projected slides, which he presented in movie theatres. In 1989 his first series of short works for television, the twelve Television Spots (1988), were broadcast in Saskatoon and Ottawa amid regular programming, as if they were commercials. Continue reading →

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McKeown’s Famous Camera Guide due this year

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Robert

MckCamera-smToronto. For years a number of sources were referenced for valuation of cameras. Eventually McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras prevailed and became the standard for many people. I have the 11th edition which is some 900+ pages released in January 2001 for the 2001-2002 years. It covers over 25,000 cameras. An additional version was  released a bit before the devastation of the digital era hit collectors and camera valuations alike.

We were recently advised that a new 4 VOLUME and online edition of this historic guide would appear in 2016. Continue reading →

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Toronto’s William James Family

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Robert
William and his brother in 1912

William and his brother in 1912

Toronto. A few weeks ago George Dunbar sent me this interesting set of images. George frequently browses photographic sites including Toronto’s Urban Toronto web site.

The images were posted last month in Urban Toronto by  a member who goes by the name Goldie who suggests the James family is Toronto’s first Photojournalists. Continue reading →

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April Auction in Massachusetts

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. If you find yourself in Massachusetts on Sunday,  April 3rd, drop in at the John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury and add a bit to your collection of cameras and images. mad_half-600

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Monkey Business at the PHSC

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Robert
MailChimp.com

MailChimp.com

Toronto. More than 10 million people send 600 million emails daily using the MailChimp service. With issue 15-10 of our newsletter we too have joined this trending service! Our 20 mail lists were converted to Excel, assembled, and cleaned up before David Bridge submitted them to MailChimp.

Our newsletter is also hosted on MailChip servers and when we initiate distribution with the Send This Campaign button, MailChimp sends out a notice to all on our list. Clicking on the notification letter link lets the recipient read the newsletter (and use the hot links in our newsletter – you did know about the hot links :-). The newsletter can be saved as usual to the reader’s computer (some folk have experienced a problem doing this). Using SAVE AS instead of SAVE seems to work – or you can go to this website and download a copy if you really need it on your own computer.

Not only is it faster for us to use this service, but MailChimp offers statistics not otherwise available, backs up our mail list, keeps our lists secure, and simplifies future transfer of this site and the newsletter distribution to other voluneers. It remains to the PHSC volunteers to add and delete addresses as need be before we initiate a new mailing. If you are having trouble using this new service,  drop me or David a note at info@phsc.ca.

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