{"id":28957,"date":"2024-06-21T01:03:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=28957"},"modified":"2024-06-19T00:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:29:00","slug":"a-gordian-knot-in-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-gordian-knot-in-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"a Gordian Knot in photography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clint’s Gordon Camera – photographed by Bob Lansdale in fall, 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. You may recall the story of the Gordian Knot<\/a> in Greek Mythology. In a way the illusive Gordon camera was photography’s ‘Gordian Knot’. Issue 35-2 of our journal covers the saga and in fact uses the Gordon camera as its cover shot.<\/p>\n

The article titled, “Yes Virginia there is a GORDON CAMERA” written by editor Bob Lansdale and future president Clint Hryhorijiw begins thusly, “Our quest, described in the June 2009 PHSC E-Mail Newsletter, to find a mysterious Gordon camera has produced positive results.<\/p>\n

“Initially, all we had was a citation in a 1913 publication \u201cArt and Photography\u201d describing its availability for $2.50. For Canadians, it would be shipped from the \u201cfactory\u201d near Toronto. But that could have been a hoax.<\/p>\n

“At our PHSC Spring Fair we found an envelope of sensitized positive cards for the Gordon Camera; it bore the address of the Gordon Camera Corporation, 98-100 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. With that validation the hunt was on!”<\/p>\n

Recent members received a DVD of the first 40 volumes of our journal. This includes issue 35-2 and the Gordon story. Not a member yet? You can easily become a member and read all the journal articles now on DVD. Just follow the instructions to the right.<\/p>\n

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