Tag Archives: news photographer

fingering the press

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. An honourable branch of photography is news photography. While many news photographers work for a specific newspaper or agency, many are  free lance. Of the group, a small subset caters to shooting celebrities incessantly and trying to flog the … Continue reading →

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exciting city life and death

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. A news photographer led a hectic and dangerous job at times. We have seen many news photographers in Toronto, including our late editor Bob Lansdale and his wife Margaret. Bob mentioned to me at one time getting a shot … Continue reading →

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professional photographer

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. From the very beginning of the art we had studio and landscape photographers. As the art evolved,  becoming faster in exposure, simpler in execution, and growing in popularity, the professional focus rapidly diversified. An example is this 1913 article … Continue reading →

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two female Canadian war photographers

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar sent me a note the other day celebrating two Canadians who photographed part of the second world war in Europe. Jenny Whitehead was a  leading WREN in the Canadian Navy while Irene Lockwood was a corporal in … Continue reading →

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