Kiev 88 – a poor man’s Hasselblad (warts and all)
Toronto. The Kiev 88 shown here is from the right top of page 1 in this month’s PHSC News newsletter. This rather poor copy of a Hasselblad was favoured byHelena Mayans who is featured on page 1.
Well, here we are in February, 2022. The local TV news reports that the omicron variant of COVID has finally crested here in Canada. The number of COVID cases is falling now, somewhat eased by our vaccination levels. Helping this high level of vaccinations is a close adherence to common sense guidelines by most of us.
Meantime, our editor, Sonja, and team have produced another thoughtful issue of PHSC News for you. PHSC News (21-08) has the usual bunch of articles to tempt your fancy – short, crisp, and ripe for argument. Take a few moments and read them and feel inspired (or irritated) once again.
The “Chrome” on page 1 under “Ode to CHROME”refers to colour film by Lomography used by Helena Mayans. Page 2 in “PHSC PRESENTS (virtually)” discusses “Does Equipment Make the Movie“. NB. DON’T MISS THE YOUTUBE LINK – IT”S AN EYE OPENER! Page 3, under NEO PHOTOGRAPHY posits “Reconfiguring the Absurd for Future Photographers“. PHOTOBOOK 101 on page 4, speaks of, “Iconic Photography that Hasn’t Changed America”; while page 5 in THE OTTAWA FILE offers an editorial on the OTTAWA situation with the blockade/seige. In David’s EQUIPMENT REVIEW (always upbeat and cheeky) Classic Nikons are evaluated. John Morden’s thoughtful selection of WEB LINKS on page 7 are all worth a visit (the links are live, no need to ‘cut and paste’).
Page 8 as usual features the poster for our speaker event via ZOOM. This time it’s Dr Christine Slobogin speaking on Percy Hennell’s 1940s photographs (medical humanities). And our friends Ivy & Izzy, on page 9, are “Reflecting on the Meaning of an Original that Isn’t“. We wrap up this issue on page 10 with John’s compilation of shows, events, and exhibitions of interest to collectors/photographers everywhere.
P.S. As usual, every link shown in the newsletter is a hot link just waiting for your click!
P.P.S. You can visit this issue by clicking here, or by g0ing to the menu item NEWSLETTER at the top of the page. There is a drop down menu that takes you to older issues dating back a couple of decades to the very beginning.
