Toronto. Pre WW2 activity started to replace steam engines in North America with diesel but progress was very slow given funds invested in steam. Post WW2, action slowly heated up. Change was well underway by the 60s and over in … Continue reading
Toronto. Well over a century ago publications had a choice of using words, sketches, coarse half -tones, or real prints tipped in. In issue 19-5, future editor Bob Lansdale wrote an article titled, “Real photo prints graced early Canadian Photographic … Continue reading
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Toronto. Apologies to the riff on the NY Times and its slogan to make the above title. Photographic Canadiana issue 50-3 has gone to press and the pdf version sent to all members. This issue was an amazing effort by … Continue reading
Toronto. I grew up seeing photo prints made by indifferent folk from negatives exposed in cheap Kodaks. In the late 1950s, I bought a new Exakta and finally thought I could see good resolution in the tiny 1×1.5 inch negatives. … Continue reading
Toronto. In a recent post, I showed just one of the photographs owned by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and displayed in its exhibit of provocative and pivotal photographs. In issue 19-3, editor Roseborough wrote an illustrated article about … Continue reading
Toronto. Professional photographers seem to use a particular niche as a specialty. Some handle portraits, others news stories, or pets, or, beauty, or children. At left is an example of a shot of a young child relaxing outdoors. In this … Continue reading
Toronto. A few years before successful photographic processes were formally announced, Reverend Maynard wrote his first letter letter on stereo vision to the Toronto Royal Standard. It was reproduced in issue 18-3 courtesy of Dr Robert Wilson of the PHSC. … Continue reading
Toronto. In the article. “IRIS MCCAIG AND THE PORTRAIT OF CHARLES G. MILNE” the late Bob Lansdale relates his chat with Iris at 82 in the early fall 1992 journal issue 18-2. Iris is famous not only as a long … Continue reading
Toronto. Members of a certain age group (old coots like me) remember the movie Laura and the haunting song of the same name. Nearly a century ago, John Vanderpant of Vancouver took this then fashionably soft focus portrait of a … Continue reading
Toronto. “… The Work of Arthur Beales, Arthur Goss and Alfred Pearson” is a topic for an article in issue 18-2 announcing an exhibition at The Market Gallery of the City of Toronto Archives (Second Floor, South SI. Lawrence Market, … Continue reading
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Stan White – Poems & Photos
