Tag Archives: George Hunter

George snaps Manitoba

Toronto. The ladies from the CHPF spoke to us recently via ZOOM. The other day, our society president, Clint Hryhorijiw kindly copied me on this email from Nicole Plaskett sent to him and Celio Barreto, our programme and ZOOM expert. … Continue reading

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a CHPF off the old block

Toronto. Back on March 22, 2021, I did a post on the CHPF photo contest. Tusday afternoon I heard directly from Nicole Plaskett on a new on line image facility. Nicole writes, “The Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation (CHPF) is excited … Continue reading

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photos submitted for prestige

Toronto. PHSC president and my good friend Clint Hryhorijiw passed along this note from recent panellist Nicole Plaskett of the Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation (CHPF). Nicole writes, “I was speaking to Clint last week and let him know that CHPF … Continue reading

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a wing and a prayer

Toronto. The late George Hunter spoke to us a couple of times (Tales of a Photographer in January 2003; Songs of the Future at the AGO in summer 2011). George took iconic photographs across North America using a war-time aerial … Continue reading

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stereo goes to war

Toronto. During the war, aircraft would routinely pass over enemy territory using cameras such as this beast (used by the late George Hunter long after the war) to take long runs of photographs. Stereo uses two images at slightly different … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-2

Time goes fast when you are having fun…  or so the story goes. Here is another newsletter from our newsletter editor David Bridge. It is an interesting bit of reading introducing  our June speaker, another well known photographer, Richard Lautens. … Continue reading

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SPRING FAIR May 26, 2013

TORONTO (WOODBRIDGE) May 26, 2013. Every Spring we host the largest fair around featuring photographica – cameras, books, ephemera, images. This year our fair is on Sunday May 26, 2013 and features an exhibit of the works of the late … Continue reading

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George Hunter Memorial

Mississauga, April 26, 2013. Carol and I attended the memorial for George Hunter last Saturday along with a large number of other friends and family. A slide show gave attendees a look back over George and his accomplishments. More about George is … Continue reading

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George Hunter – Dead at 92

Mississauga, April 10, 2013. It was with sadness that I learned of George’s death last Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He died peacefully in the Credit Valley Hospital. Doing a Google search will bring up a wealth of information on George … Continue reading

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Newsletter 12-13

  Editor David Bridge issues his third newsletter to solid applause! This issue announced the Annual General meeting with a special mystery program, our first Image show on the 28th, Toronto Notes and the Hockey Hall of Fame archives visit, … Continue reading

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