Tag Archives: photograph

magazine photography

Toronto. A big presence in the magazine world of last century was LIFE magazine. The magazine, based in NYC, had its own stable of photographers. In October, 1998, a book by John Loengard, called “Life Photographers: What They Saw” was … Continue reading

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horsin’ around

Toronto. No foolin’ – a great way to discover the history of your town or city is through old photographs. And a great way to find old photographs is to visit your local archive – or the Library and Archives … Continue reading

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play ball -1913 style

Toronto. Sports photographers are a segment of photographers like PHSC member Les Jones who are dedicated to taking photos of sports games and individual athletes (and often specializing in a specific sport). In the course of searching out photo history, … Continue reading

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botany and the first book with cyanotypes of specimens

Toronto. Did you ever wonder about the first time a book was printed with photographs included? And the topic? and the author? Well, wonder no more! My good friend and fellow PHSC member, Les Jones, (author, sports photographer, past president … Continue reading

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focus eruptus

Toronto. Photography was used to record volcanic activity over a century ago, an activity that continues to this day. A more recent example being a colour video of  an eruption in Hawaii (shown on TV). The record of an eruption … Continue reading

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hop a bus, Gus

Toronto. The photograph here shows a 1922 trolly bus on Merton Street in Toronto. The photograph is part of the vast collection at the City of Toronto Archives. As we have said many times before, archives are a rich source … Continue reading

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no rolling stone in this park

Toronto. My friend and fellow executive member, David Bridge, sent me a note recently about a project at Moss Park by Sara Jabakhanji, who wrote the story in this link. Being an historical society, we often forget that photographs taken … Continue reading

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photography and the back stitch

Toronto. I did a few posts on the value of photography in medicine like this post, “medical-photography” in 2019. The focus in these posts is the value of photography to the physician. But what about the patient? Can it help … Continue reading

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once was not a hotel nearby

Toronto. You may not recognize the area today, but in Notman’s day this building on the southeast side of King St (39-43 King Street East) was the studio associated with Montreal’s famous Notman Studio. Notman became renown for his studio’s … Continue reading

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the professionals

Toronto. Many of our members are professional photographers – working or retired. And many of those folk belong to the Professionals Photographers of Canada (PPOC). Amongst other things, the PPOC runs a photo contest and has a series of online … Continue reading

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