Tag Archives: photography

faking it

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Les Jones sent me an email the other day about Berlin-based “photomedia artist” Boris Eldagsen. Boris won one of the prestigious World Photography Organization’s Sony World Photography Awards with his photograph called “THE ELECTRICIAN” from his series “PSEUDOMNESIA Fake … Continue reading →

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where the girls are …

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Rita Godlevskis and her magazine PhotoEd are always lively and informative. In a recent email titled, “Fierce Female Photographers“, Rita covers a lot of ground, including announcing our new Photo Laureate, “Nadya Kwandibens” who was featured in the PhotoEd … Continue reading →

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remember when?

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. There was once a camera exchange across from Simpson’s department store in the Temple Building (Toronto’s first skyscraper) on the north-west corner of Bay and Richmond in downtown Toronto. According to the ad in the 1931 Magnet magazine, they had … Continue reading →

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flyin’ high

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Jeff Ward was here in the city in August of 2017 (Canada’s 150th) and spoke at our monthly meeting. Since then Jeff has been in periodic communication with the PHSC. Under Facebook in a series of articles called, “The … Continue reading →

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our February 15th presentation via ZOOM!

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Whether you are a professional or amateur photographer, or a collector of cameras or images, this ZOOM presentation will be of interest to you. To register, go to Eventbrite. Any questions? Contact our programs co-ordinator, Celio Barreto, at program@phsc.ca. … Continue reading →

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discovering photo history

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Our photo historian, George Dunbar, found another interesting site in his pursuit of photographic history through old magazine articles and advertisements. The site includes many issues of an early 1900s magazine called “Photographic Topics”. George writes, “Some great, old … Continue reading →

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Oh Sun-Ray Days

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. When minicams became the norm, enlargers were no longer an option but became a necessity to make prints from the tiny minicam negatives. Amateurs reluctant to buy high end enlargers (Durst, Omega, Beseler, Leitz, etc.)  costing much more than … Continue reading →

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she’s baaack!

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. I did a post back on June 2nd noting that the iconic Sunday Antique Market in St Lawrence Hall was closing. I saw in the November 10 Etobicoke Guardian (the local free rag) that Marlene Cook was reopening her … Continue reading →

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some say film …

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. … others say analog (or analogue). But whatever you call the old emulsion and liquid chemistry-based photography, the prints have a certain je ne sais quoi charm and look about them. Our favourite editor, Rita Godlevskis, at PhotoEd sent me a … Continue reading →

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far out, man!

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Shades of Cheech and Chong! NASA has posted the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope shot up in space. The name of the Space Telescope remains controversial.  It was carried by a space vehicle shot up in … Continue reading →

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