Tag Archives: Japanese

Empire of Color (March 20, 2024 presentation review)

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our March 20th session via ZOOM was terrific! Kjeld Duits gave an excellent and detailed  talk last Wednesday. Besides his informative slides, his presentation gave us many facts about Japanese photography and history, a few of which I have … Continue reading →

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celebrity endorsements

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. In the early days of minicams, makers used explorers and others who demanded perfection under extreme conditions. Post war. celebrities became popular in ads as if they used the cameras shown. Naive folk seeing the ad might choose a … Continue reading →

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Leo does Leica

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. After WW2, the Japanese optical industry tried to get in to the mighty American retail market. One option was to copy German cameras at much lower prices. This was the choice that Showa Kogaku made (later this maker became Leotax … Continue reading →

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JCCC exhibition on MARU in America – August PHSC Presentation

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. The Japanese diaspora in the Americas is part of a global network of communities known as Nikkei with over 150 years of history. Join us on August 18th, 2021 at 8 pm (we begin around 7:30 with a social … Continue reading →

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Oh Lordy, Lordy!

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. After World War Two (WW2), Japan worked hard to restore its industries. One such company was called Okaya Kogaku Kikai K.K. This optical house sold cameras to North America. To be accepted, the company had to rename their camera line … Continue reading →

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points of view

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Cameras of the last century tended to make a particular point of view easier. Cameras with rangefinders usually took an eye level view. Those with vertical viewfinders like some Kodaks and the famous TLRs took waist level shots – … Continue reading →

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our November 20th talk – Celio Barreto on Japanese Photography

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Celio Barreto returns to talk on the “Closed Darkroom of the East“. Celio is an authority on Japanese photography. He currently teaches at Seneca College in Toronto. The material on Celio’s presentation is courtesy of Sonja Pushchak and the … Continue reading →

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get wit da program

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. The PHSC has hosted photography related speakers for over 4 decades. Our location or time seldom changes… third Wednesday every month but July and August at Memorial Hall in North York (Toronto). If the venue or times change, we … Continue reading →

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Japanese Photography; Video editing

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC, Wed, Mar 20 2019 at 7:30 pm In the BURGUNDY ROOM of Memorial Hall Japanese Photography in the Edo and Meiji Eras – Celio Barreto Video Editing – Mark Holtze We are pleased to present two speakers this … Continue reading →

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Japanese Hand Made Camera Club

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Robert

TOKYO, JAPAN, July – August 2008. In Tokyo, Japan, there is a camera club devoted to making and using unusual cameras. Editor Bob Lansdale has been in contact with Sam Mabuchi of the Japan Hand Made Camera Club which held … Continue reading →

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