Tag Archives: photographer

holy Hannah!

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. It’s time for our monthly Toronto meeting. While it  is usually on the third Wednesday of the month, this time we join PhotoED magazine this Sunday, January 18, 2026 2 – 5 pm at the Arts & Letters club, … Continue reading →

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wedding bells coming soon

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Robert

  Toronto. With the chilly weather, it’s a great time to think ahead to June brides … In issue 26-3 of our journal, editor Bob Lansdale wrote and illustrated an article titled, “Wedding Photography …”. The images are from the … Continue reading →

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to die for…

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. … is a popular expression describing a very special item. In the issue 26-3 column “Book Shelf”, Dr Wilson describes a book of photographs by photographer William James. The book’s illustrations were made using rare hand coloured slides from … Continue reading →

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Frank’s cameras

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. It’s a new year and a post on an article in a new issue – issue 26 – issued under the very capable hands of editor Robert Lansdale. Both Bob and wife Marge are now deceased. Both were retired … Continue reading →

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what big teeth you have …

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The Ambrotype at left is one of few cased images with details of the photographer. Bob Lansdale adds this note: “For the story on our cover photograph see page 9 and read the details of discovering a labelled image-case … Continue reading →

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patronage and photography

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As an old photo collector, you may have noticed that the back of some CdVs and cabinet cards have an elaborate design stating the photographer’s special relationship with British royalty. Continuing our 25th anniversary theme, in issue 25-5 of … Continue reading →

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a down east phenom

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. When our late president, Bill Kantymir, came back from vacation many years ago, he was all excited. He discovered a mailbox down in Nova Scotia bearing the name ‘SHERMAN HINES‘. For the unaware, Sherman is a definitive Maritimes photographer … Continue reading →

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essence of beauty

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. James Esson founded his photographic studio  in the tiny village about an hour today west of Toronto. The village of Preston, Ontario, since absorbed in larger communities, had a population of some 1,400 souls in 1884. The history of … Continue reading →

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once upon a time in Toronto …

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In our journal, editor Bob Lansdale worked hard to present Canadian photographic history, often drowned out by the cacophony from across the border. While older Canadians learnt British history; younger ones through products, movies, magazines, TV, etc. learned about … Continue reading →

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remembering john vanderpant

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 25-2, editor Bob Lansdale published Sheryl Salloum’s copyright 1999 article on the famous Vancouver based John Vanderpant titled, “John Vanderpant’s Vibrating “Voice” and Vision”. Ms Salloum’s article begins with this prècis. “From 1919 to 1939, the Dutch-Canadian photographer … Continue reading →

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