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Hodgkinson & Butters Early Takers

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Graham Garrett, perhaps best remembers for his research on early Canadian Daguerreotypists, researched and wrote a number of articles for Photographic Canadiana. In issue 23-3 He wrote an article on the daguerreotype photographers Hodgkinson & Butters titled, “Hodgkinson & … Continue reading →

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mr Garrett continues …

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The late Graham Garrett was our guest speaker at the 20th anniversary supper. One one hand he could be downright prickly to deal with but on the other hand, he was the epitome of  a photographic researcher: determined, thorough, … Continue reading →

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Alberta in Silver Images

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Ever wonder what a barbershop looked like inside in say 1912? Thanks to photography, this bit of reminiscing is totally practical. In issue 16-2 of our journal, dated Sept/Oct 1990, editor Ev Roseborough collaborated with Brock Silversides  and the … Continue reading →

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let there be light!

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our favourite editor, Rita Godlevskis, of PhotoEd fame sent an email the other day announcing that, “Let there be Light! The DIGITAL EXTRA edition is now live! ( + free!)”. The notice, along with  a few ads such as … Continue reading →

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April showers …

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … bring May flowers … as the old saying goes. A few posts back I mentioned that inclement weather can improve landscape/cityscape photos. Witness the famous jumping man shot by Cartier-Bresson, or the mood set in various ‘film noir’ … Continue reading →

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happy birthday, Hannah

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Robert

 Toronto. The lovely Rita of PhotoEd fame sent this announcement out. It celebrates many things – have a peek at this Canadian oriented photographic teaching magazine. We have featured Ms Maynard  and other Canadian Female photographers in our Journal over … Continue reading →

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Landfall

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Back in September we did post on the PhotoEd request for articles on LAND. Our friend and favourite editor, Rita Godlevskis just announced the latest print issue of PhotoEd is now available. The issue shows the photos and articles … Continue reading →

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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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what’s in a name

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. … or so Will Shakespeare is credited as writing in his famous tragedy about star-crossed young teen lovers. I thought of Alberta as home of the famous Tar Sands when I was a kid. By the 1960s, the sands … Continue reading →

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no rolling stone in this park

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Robert

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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