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ACI art talk – Sept 29th, 2025 – Toronto

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Robert
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quartet

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Robert

Toronto.  Okay, all you image collectors, here is some food for thought. For the cover of issue 24-5, editor Bob Lansdale used a photograph courtesy of Robert Wilson. The photo shows four ladies and a drawer full of photos taken … Continue reading →

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sup-pose

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our 1998 Fall Fair offered many rarely seen items from a by-gone era. One of these was a unique portrait helper, shown here at left, which was best described in the photo cut-line: “Every photo studio needed one of … Continue reading →

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proof of the pudding …

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … is in the eating, or so they say. About two years before announcing the Daguerreotype process, Louise Daguerre tested his process by taking a portrait of M Huet. The reproduction in issue 24-4 is courtesy of and is … Continue reading →

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just desserts

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. My friend Clint Hryhorijiw sent me an email recently with a link to CTV news. The next day I had a phone call from good friend George Dunbar who read the same article in the Globe and Mail (The Globe … Continue reading →

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crime and photography …

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … the Karsh Caper. In 1941, Karsh captured the essence of Churchill and called the portrait the “Roaring Lion”. In 1988, he donated the signed print to Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa. A different copy of the photograph was … Continue reading →

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an ambrotype self portrait

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Over the years, photographic processes continuously evolved. For example, some effort was made to deliver less expensive cased images (Daguerreotype look-a-likes). One solution was to take a negative using the then new wet-plate technology and treat it to reverse … Continue reading →

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the importance of connections …

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. When Ev Roseborough took over as editor of Photographic Canadiana, we entered a new era. Ev’s vast network of fellow professional photographers  brought in many new members, some speakers, and a wealth of experience in the photographic industry. This … Continue reading →

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remembering Iris …

Posted on November 10, 2024 by Robert

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 →

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way before ‘flash’ gordon …

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … in fact many decades before. NB. For those born after say 1990, here is the article on Mr Gordon. Meantime back  in the late 1800s, some enterprising folk came up with ways to compensate for the abysmally slow … Continue reading →

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