This is Our Arctic

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Robert
Lauren Williams by B

Lauren Williams by Brittany Holliss

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, November 25, 2015.
This is our Arctic – Lauren Williams

***IMPORTANT – NEW DATE – NEW PLACE ***

Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts with Combined Honours in English and Contemporary Studies from University of King’s College and Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto. Currently, she is the Collections Manager at the Museum of Inuit Art (MIA). She likes to think outside of the archival box when it comes to engaging the public with museum collections.

What does climate change look like in Canada’s Arctic Circle? Most Canadians, and even most northerners, never get the chance to find out. This Is Our Arctic invites you to discover what climate change in the Arctic looks like through the eyes of local youth.

The public is welcome.  Please click “Continue reading” for date, time and directions.

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Review of The Magic of 3D

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Robert
Felix Russo by Lansdale

Felix Russo by Lansdale

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 members. All example images are converted to anaglyph-style stereos making it easy to view them in colour and monochrome using easily available glasses with cellophane lenses of red (left) and blue (right).

Felix showed many inexpensive ways to create digital stereo such as split prisms or mirrors, sliding beams for single cameras, or even the cha-cha technique of taking two shots, one with weight on the right foot and a second with weight on the left foot. The technique is demonstrated here by Robert Lansdale using a Nikon DSLR. An interesting website is that of Julian Beever. Beever uses 3D concepts to fool the eye into seeing his sidewalk chalk drawings as 3D images. Take a look!  Continue reading →

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Weegee: Murder is My Business

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Robert

WeegeeToronto. Arthur Fellig was a New York City photographer famous for his flash shots of crime scenes and his often arrival at a crime scene before the authorities (hence his nickname of Weegee, a phonetic version of Ouija Board. James Adams of the Globe and Mail wrote an Arts article on Friday, October 16, 2015 on this unique photographer and author.

While his work was passed off as far less than the quality images of Walker Evans or Edward Steichen, they have gained stature over time, showing the moody, noir underbelly of NYC of the 1930s and 40s.

The Ryerson Image Centre in downtown Toronto is featuring Fellig’s images through to December 13, 2015. Drop in and see Fellig’s strong images taken with a single flash and a 4×5 Speed Graphic.

Never modest, Weegee stamped the back of his prints with the logo “Credit Photo  by Weegee the Famous” and dropped them off at the many New York City newspapers of the day.

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The Magic of 3D by Felix Russo

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Robert
Felix Russo in 3D

Felix Russo in 3D

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, October 21, 2015
Felix Russo on Ideas in 3D

Member Felix Russo is  publisher and editor of PhotoEd Magazine (www.photoed.ca). This Wednesday he will present an overview of 3-D photography.

Hardware and software solutions will be demonstrated.

Instructions will be given on how to make your own 3-D images with any digital camera. Red/cyan stereo glasses will be provided.

It’s a 3-D world, come and learn how to incorporate 3-D into your 2-D photography.

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

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Newsletter 15-5

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Robert

PHSC-E-Mail-V15-5-33Toronto. Editor DavidBridge has put together another colourful and entertaining edition of the PHSC Newsletter which went out last night to our distribution lists.

Next week’s speaker at the Toronto meeting, Mr Ralph Beaumont, is introduced. Ralph will speak on his new book, Heckman’s Canadian Pacific which is based on the many photographic prints and negatives resident in the CPR archives. NOTE: Ralph Beaumont will be our speaker early in 2016. This Wednesday’s speaker is the popular editor of PhotoEd magazine, Mr Felix Russo. We are sorry if any confusion has arisen. 

We review last month’s interesting presentation by member Scott Rickard of the Chilkoot trail from Skagway to Dawson City, famous as a Royal Mail route and the preferred path from an Alaskan port to the famous Klondike gold fields in the Yukon.

Our current journal, coming fairs and auction all receive notice. There is a an obituary for PHSC member and well known photographer 98 year old Harry Joy. Links interest to collectors and photography historians, events (including the PhotoEd Inspiration Forum) and information request wrap up this month’s edition of the Newsletter. Click here or on the icon at left to view and print 15-5.

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Vintage Camera Users Group

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Robert

Hassy-1000F-Kodak-Lens-smToronto.  My friend Russ Forfar of Komenik Camera suggested this site may be of interest to members.

Have a look if you have a Facebook Account. I did a Google search and discovered many other sites devoted to the use of vintage cameras.

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The Medium and Her Message

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Robert

meredeth-reddy-smToronto. Congratulations to Meredith Reddy on attaining her doctorate this year. Meredith graciously spoke to us on this topic back on April 16th of last year.

My youngest daughter and her husband both took their Master’s at U of T. I still receive the UofT Magazine. In the Autumn 2015 issue, the short article below appeared. Click on it for  easier reading.

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PhotoEd Inspiration Forum Oct 30, 2015

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Robert

PI-Forum-smToronto. Felix Russo, is co-ordinating a new venture, the PhotoEd Inspiration Forum on October 30th,2015 at the School of Design, George Brown College, 230 Richmond St East in Toronto.

Readers of this site are offered a $10  discount off the full general admission price. Quote coupon code PHSC2015 when you register here.

The keynote speaker is Maritimes photographer Maurice Henri, founder of Cameras for Healing. In addition to the keynote presentation by Maurice Henri there will be 12 speakers presenting in the PechaKucha format. PechaKucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format keeps presentations concise and fast-paced.

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Harry Joy Visitation Details and Obituary

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Robert
Harry Joy by Robert Lansdale

Harry Joy by Robert Lansdale

Toronto. Visitation for the late Harry Joy will take place Sunday, October 25th at the  Turner and Porter home, Windermere and Bloor West in Bloor West Village. Hours of visitation will be 2 – 4 pm and 7 – 9 pm.

Mr Joy was cremated this week and his family plan to bury his ashes next June on his birthday. Mr Joy was pre-deceased by his wife and his younger brother, John Joy, the well-known artist.

Click “Continue reading” below to see the Toronto Star obituary and  a map to the Yorke Chapel. This is the link to the Yorke Chapel.

 

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Harry Joy dead at 98

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Robert
Harry Joy by Robert Lansdale

Harry Joy by Robert Lansdale

Toronto. We are sad to report that photographer Harry Joy passed away yesterday at 8 am. Harry was a long time member of the PHSC and resident of Etobicoke. He was born in Winnipeg back in 1917 and at the age of two  moved to Toronto along with his family.

Harry is well known for his photographs of the downtown area and especially the Kensington Market area of the 1960s. Over the years, his studio worked with the Toronto Star as well as with many local politicians.

His most recent exhibition was held last January at the St Lawrence Market gallery along with the photos of photographers Doug Hemmy and Andy Brooks. A 97 year old Harry attended the opening event.

Harry’s black and white photographs are featured in a photo essay prepared for the Photographic Canadiana, issue 40-3, by editor Robert Lansdale. Textual material was provided by Harry’s son-in-law, Wayne Gilbert, who currently holds the membership position in our society.

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