Tag Archives: photographer

Your Photo is in the Mail

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, October 19, 2016 Mike Smith: Your Photo is in the Mail Our speaker is well known author Mike Smith from the world of postcard collectors. Tonight he will speak on the Goderich postcard photographer Reuben R. … Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana 42-2

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The latest issue was packaged Wednesday and hits the mail routes shortly. Members will see this issue in a few days. As mentioned recently this edition is the first to use our new layout. The main article was first … Continue reading →

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Daguerreian Society NYC Tours

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The Daguerreian Society is arranging two NYC tours this October 19th and 23rd coincident with their annual Conference. Click here or on the icon to see the tour times, dates, and details.

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Dave Tinder of Michigan

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Last month on July 20th Bob Lansdale sent me this note he received from Cindy Motzenbecker of the MiPHS. “Our good friend and photography collector Dave Tinder passed away peacefully early this morning. “His major work, the Directory of … Continue reading →

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Dave Heath 1931-2016

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. John Linsky dropped me a note back in July noting the passing of David Heath. James Adams wrote a column in the Globe called “Dave Heath: A haunted genius behind the camera“. His column includes some of the photos … Continue reading →

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CN Tower and Robert C Lansdale in the news.

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. For our June meeting we had the pleasure of hosting Robert C Lansdale’s iconic history of the building of the CN Tower in this its 40th anniversary year. It was a two hour power-point show capped off with an … Continue reading →

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Portrait of an artist dying intestate

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Stephen Bulger of the Stephen Bulger Gallery is presenting an exhibition of some 40 Vivian Maier photographs. What is unusual is that the exhibition is free but no photographs will be sold in spite of the prints being made … Continue reading →

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Edwin Haynes, Photographer 1877 – 1918

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Members Sarah Shrigley and George Dunbar separately sent me an email about Edwin Haynes being featured by the Toronto Star website. Haynes, born in England, had a relatively short life here in Ontario before falling victim in 1918 to … Continue reading →

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Remember to Remember

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Robert

Tom Bochsler was our speaker at the April 20, 2016 meeting. Tom took us on a journey back in time to honour fallen Canadian soldiers of the two world wars in France and Belgium. Mr Bochsler is a noted photographer and … Continue reading →

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Mug Shots – Shades of the Departed!

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. In early May my friend George Dunbar sent me a link he called, “A wonderful, online magazine of old crime and police photography“. It turns out that Shades of the Departed, which I had as a link on this … Continue reading →

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