Tag Archives: Lansdale

our late editor remembered in the Sunday Star.

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. The current interim editors of Photographic Canadiana, Louise Freyburger and David Bridge sent along this link in last Sunday’s Life/Remembrance column by Tracey Tong titled, “Remembering prolific Star photographer Bob Lansdale“. Our treasurer and PHSC News editor (John Morden … Continue reading →

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Robert Lansdale 1931 – 2021

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Please note the funeral is tomorrow, Sunday the 25th. For those who can not attend, it will be available via live stream at: http://www.distantlink.com/dlm4.html Password: Arbor2020 The following obituary is courtesy of son Robert: It is with great sadness … Continue reading →

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capturing the essence …

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. What is the difference between a good photographer and a great one? In my opinion it is the ability to take a person’s portrait and capture the essence of the person. Bob Lansdale is one such photographer. Much of … Continue reading →

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McLuhan and the PHSC

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. An oft repeated axiom is that you are never more than six degrees removed from someone famous. As time has pased, I have always admired the accuracy of this simple statement, which brings me to Marshall McLuhan and his … Continue reading →

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Sam Schlifer – December 18, 2017

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. Our good friend and fellow PHSC member Sam Schlifer passed away this past Monday, December 18, 2017. I last saw and spoke with Sam at our fall fair on October 15th. Sam joined the PHSC back in 1980. Amongst … Continue reading →

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Digital still needs a Pro Photographer

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Kurt Iswarienko in a recent article on PetaPixel discussed the digital darkroom. Basically, the article noted that while moving from chemistry to pixels meant an easier task to transform a shot, it still took a professional photographer to make … Continue reading →

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We Have a remarkable Editor

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. As I ate breakfast last Friday (Nov 4th), I read with interest the Globe’s obituary for Kelly Gotlieb, the father of Canadian computing. Gotlieb earned that title when while  associated with the U of T, he imported Canada’s earliest computer … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Bell and the English Channel, Summer 1955

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Anyone living in the 1950s remembers the excitement created by a teen-aged Marilyn Bell when she became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario the late summer of 1954. At left is a Bob Lansdale photograph of young … Continue reading →

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