Tag Archives: Ryerson

transition

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Digital photographers – pro or amateur – use a camera with a digital sensor to capture images and a computer to save, adjust (develop), and print the images. In ‘film’ days, a ‘film’ camera used metal plates, glass plates, … Continue reading →

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October PHSC Meeting this coming Saturday

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. You may have noticed we were rather silent this Wednesday as the usual locale is still not open for meetings as yet. Our program chair has lined up an alternative session for this Saturday at the RIC. Celio writes, … Continue reading →

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reproduction of a famous camera and lens

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. The evening of February 17th, 2016, I visited the Ryerson University Library along with a number of other PHSC members. A milestone was the display by the late Willi Nassau of a reproduction of the famous Voigtlander brass daguerreotype … Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana Supplement 2-4 (May 2021)

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. This year, the PHSC sponsored a project by students in the Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management Program at Ryerson University. The project will mount an exhibition of images from the Sovfoto Archive at the MacLaren Art Centre at … Continue reading →

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Brandon Leung – Ryerson Thesis Winner for 2020

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. I was pleased to hear from our 2nd Vice-president, Ashley Cook at the AGM this month. Ashley co-ordinates the review and selection of the Ryerson Thesis winner each year. In spite of the radical changes in society invoked by … Continue reading →

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boxed in for Guinness

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. 1959 was a simpler time. No personal computers or smartphones. The head of IBM famously said a few years earlier that there was room for about 100 computers in the world since the massively slow and puny brutes were … Continue reading →

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Moyra Davey Exhibition at the RIC

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. A Survey exhibition of New York based and Toronto born photographer Moyra Davey (winner of last year’s Scotiabank Photography Award) runs from May 1st to August 4th at Ryerson’s RIC. If you miss CONTACT elsewhere, at least take in … Continue reading →

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an awarding program

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. In the November-December 1995 (volume 21-3) edition of Photographic Canadiana president Les Jones announced the PHSC Awards program due to begin in 1996. Les was an innovative force in the PHSC with this enduring program being just one of … Continue reading →

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Goldchain at Tanenbaum Lectures – Ryerson

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. If you were lucky enough to get tickets and  drop by Ryerson March 6th (Wednesday) at 7 pm, you can hear Rafael Goldchain at the Tanenbaum Lectures. Click on the icon at left to see an overview of his … Continue reading →

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44-4 being delivered this week

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Bob Lansdale’s push despite the crummy weather resulted in the latest issue of the journal arriving this week by mail. The editor’s cover shot is a still life of various stereo items from old cameras and cards to … Continue reading →

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