Tag Archives: photos

a day in the far north …

Posted on February 3, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. I received an email a few weeks ago from my good friend and fellow PHSC member, George Dunbar, about the late Canadian Photographer Richard Harrington. A book of his Arctic photographs taken around 1948-1953 was featured in Canada’s History … Continue reading →

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the Scots who pioneered photography

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar writes, “The Scots Who Pioneered Photography” [is] A BBC review of a 2017 show at the National Galleries of Scotland. Many unique and unusual images here.” Indeed, this fine 2017 review brings to mind many Scots famous for … Continue reading →

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In Search of Geraldine Moodie

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Yesterday’s post on PhotoEd items mentioned Geraldine Moodie. This triggered in my mind an article on Ms Moodie in our journal. It was actually a book review of the book, “In Search of Geraldine Moodie”. The review is in … 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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six things to know

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the course of browsing the web for photo history, George Dunbar came across the American “National Gallery of Art” website in Washington DC. Included on the site was this article on Dorothea Lange, “Who Is Dorothea Lange? 6 … Continue reading →

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a subjective choice

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. We are about an hour’s drive from one of the world’s most famous falls – Niagara. The photo at left is from the late 1970s on Kodachrome transparency film. In spite of its slow speed and high contrast, Kodachome … Continue reading →

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long, long, ago

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. As I mentioned many times before, museums, archives, and libraries often hold photographs which are a rich source of history. The museum in Riverdale, California, while far away is a case in point. Typical of their holdings is the … Continue reading →

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selfies galore

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Photographers both professional and amateur elect or are prodded to record groups – organizations, schools, military, bands, special events, etc. Some photographers even specialized and used special cameras (e.g. Cirkut) or extreme wide angle lenses (e.g. Zeiss Protars) to … Continue reading →

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creating a buzz

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar sent me an email recently regarding another source of photo-history. George writes, “Another unique online archive gallery here. The site uses eHive which is a CMS (Collection/Content Management System) like WordPress. In fact there is a plug-in … Continue reading →

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après la pluie

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Landscape photos seem better when we add in some bad weather effects. This example shows not rain, but the effect of rain when it ends. Rainbows have traditionally meant that better times were ahead. For a photographer, a rainbow … Continue reading →

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