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as Horace Greeley once said …

Toronto. …Go west, young man. Many photographers did indeed ‘go west’ – in North America, that is. Messrs Palmquist and Kailbourn recently released a “biographical dictionary” of the “pioneer photographers of the far west“. This opus was reviewed in issue … Continue reading

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December 2025 (25-12) PHSC News

Toronto. Seasons greetings, all! The cover quietly covers the holiday season.  Once again, this issue is a delight to the eye – all 16 pages. Editor Gunn out did himself doing a fine workup for the season. This issue includes … Continue reading

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get a move on …

Toronto. Our favourite editor is at it again! The latest issue of photoEd – the MOVEMENT edition – is out now. See Rita Godlevskis’s latest opus on newsstands now and read her latest photo posting here. Some introductory statements (at … Continue reading

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on the shoulders of others

Toronto. The thing that separates us from all other species on this old ball of dirt is … learning. Humans learn from their ancestors and this learning allows us to extend knowledge, generation after generation. We photographic collectors are very … Continue reading

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Hodgkinson & Butters Early Takers

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 …

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

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!

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 …

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

 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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