Tag Archives: photographer

Paulette Michayluk: On Inspiration – June PHSC Presentation

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  Paulette Michaluk: On Inspiration. Ms Michayluk is a photographer and podcaster. Join us on June 16, 2021 at 8 pm (we begin around 7:30 with a social get together – all welcome). Read the poster below for more information. … Continue reading →

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feeling liverish?

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Well, in the late 1800s/early 1900s in Quebec City that likely meant you had an urge to have a likeness taken at the Livernois Studio. Many of the photographs taken by the Livernois family can be found at the … Continue reading →

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NJ Photographer GUSTAVUS PACH (1845-1904)

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Our president Lewko (Clint) Hryhorijiw passed along this note from the Monmouth County Historical Association in New Jersey. The MCHA do a number of online presentations. Unfortunately I missed this one on the 20th of May when Gary Saretzky, … Continue reading →

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The Amalgamated Photo History Newsletters Vol 2-5 (May 2021)

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. A couple of special items are reproduced here in our special members-only supplement. As a member of the PHSC, you received this supplement Friday, the 21st of May. Vol 2-5 was sent out last Friday afternoon to all current members … Continue reading →

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Graham Bezant, Photographer 76

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC president Clint Hryhorijw dropped me a note late May 10th that photographer Graham Bezant had died. Graham was Australian but for a time he did photographs for the Toronto Star here in Toronto and world wide too. Staff … Continue reading →

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picture perfect – Thaddeus Holownia book

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  I had an email from PHSC president Clint Hryhorijiw the other day. The email contained a link to this book release on a site called, “BK On The Scene“. The book post was dated April 21st of this year … Continue reading →

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a CHPF off the old block

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Back on March 22, 2021, I did a post on the CHPF photo contest. Tusday afternoon I heard directly from Nicole Plaskett on a new on line image facility. Nicole writes, “The Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation (CHPF) is excited … Continue reading →

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midnight on main

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Daniel Freeman of the UK is a photographer who enjoys taking night scenes. He writes, “Fascinated by the way the world appears at night, I am drawn by a compulsion to photograph in the times when everything is at its … Continue reading →

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the eye of the beholder

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  The very first issue of the Graflex Journal for 2021 shows a photograph of the news photographers up in Sudbury back in 1953 when cameras and flash were both big and bulky. One brave soul flaunts his Rollei and … Continue reading →

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holy, holy, holy

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. In Scotland, the word ‘Kirk’ means church. Last century in the Bronx, it meant a very talented Armenian photographer christened Kourken Hovsepian and his Studio. At the February, 2021 meeting, we saw the finished version of “Photos by Kirk” … Continue reading →

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