{"id":31101,"date":"2025-03-30T01:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T05:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31101"},"modified":"2025-03-27T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T23:50:20","slug":"jimmy-inglis-of-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/jimmy-inglis-of-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Inglis of Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by James Inglis courtesy of Library, National Gallery of Canada<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. One of the Canadian photographers in the mid 1800s was Inglis. The photo at left carries the cut-line, “T<\/span>his <\/span>photograph by\u00a0<\/span>James <\/span>Inglis of\u00a0<\/span>M<\/span>ontreal, appeared\u00a0<\/span>as <\/span>a <\/span>tipped-in fron<\/span>tispiece <\/span>in <\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Philadelphia\u00a0<\/span>Photographer <\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>No<\/span>ve<\/span>mb<\/span>er <\/span>18<\/span>66<\/span>. E<\/span>d<\/span>itor <\/span>E<\/span>.<\/span>L. <\/span>Wilson suggested <\/span>the <\/span>title “<\/span>R<\/span>ig<\/span>ht <\/span>still<\/span>, <\/span>Now” <\/span>as <\/span>“<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>usual <\/span>admonition” <\/span>and <\/span>n<\/span>oted <\/span>that the\u00a0<\/span>young <\/span>photographer was <\/span>Inglis<\/span>‘ <\/span>son.\u00a0<\/span>Courtesy<\/span>: <\/span>Library<\/span>, <\/span>National Gallery of\u00a0<\/span>Canada.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

It complements a copyrighted article on Inglis by Irwin Reichstein which begins, “Whe<\/span>n Ja<\/span>mes <\/span>In<\/span>g<\/span>li<\/span>s* <\/span>‘ <\/span>died o<\/span>n Se<\/span>pte<\/span>mbe<\/span>r 18, <\/span>1904\u00a0as a r<\/span>esult <\/span>of <\/span>a m<\/span>assi<\/span>ve fla<\/span>sh p<\/span>owd<\/span>er <\/span>expl<\/span>osion<\/span>, h<\/span>e wa<\/span>s\u00a0e<\/span>ul<\/span>og<\/span>iz<\/span>ed <\/span>a <\/span>hav<\/span>ing <\/span>bee<\/span>n “o<\/span>ne o<\/span>f the <\/span>bes<\/span>t know<\/span>n pho<\/span>t<\/span>og<\/span>r<\/span>aph<\/span>er<\/span>s in <\/span>Am<\/span>eri<\/span>ca”.‘ \u00a0<\/span>Thi<\/span>s was pr<\/span>obabl<\/span>y n<\/span>ot f<\/span>ar\u00a0<\/span>fr<\/span>om th<\/span>e truth<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“For <\/span>a p<\/span>eri<\/span>od <\/span>of cl<\/span>ose t<\/span>o f<\/span>ort<\/span>y year<\/span>s h<\/span>e\u00a0ha<\/span>d bee<\/span>n a s<\/span>uccess<\/span>ful pho<\/span>togra<\/span>phe<\/span>r w<\/span>ith v<\/span>irtuoso <\/span>tec<\/span>hnique, a<\/span>n ac<\/span>ti<\/span>ve ex<\/span>pe<\/span>rime<\/span>nte<\/span>r w<\/span>ith new <\/span>pho<\/span>tog<\/span>ra<\/span>phic\u00a0<\/span>processes, a<\/span>n impo<\/span>rta<\/span>nt ma<\/span>nu<\/span>fac<\/span>ture<\/span>r o<\/span>f pho<\/span>tog<\/span>ra<\/span>phic\u00a0<\/span>produc<\/span>ts a<\/span>nd a f<\/span>re<\/span>que<\/span>nt co<\/span>rres<\/span>po<\/span>nde<\/span>nt and a<\/span>dve<\/span>rtise<\/span>r –\u00a0<\/span>as we<\/span>ll <\/span>as be<\/span>ing a<\/span>n e<\/span>qually <\/span>fre<\/span>que<\/span>nt s<\/span>ubjec<\/span>t o<\/span>f a<\/span>ttac<\/span>k,\u00a0<\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>lea<\/span>ding <\/span>pho<\/span>tog<\/span>raphic <\/span>jo<\/span>urna<\/span>ls o<\/span>f the <\/span>day, <\/span>princ<\/span>ip<\/span>a<\/span>ll<\/span>y <\/span>Th<\/i><\/span>e <\/i><\/span>Philad<\/i>e<\/i><\/span>lphia <\/i>Ph<\/i><\/span>otog<\/i><\/span>raph<\/i>e<\/i><\/span>r<\/i>, <\/i><\/span>Th<\/i><\/span>e <\/i><\/span>St<\/i><\/span>. <\/i><\/span>Loui<\/i>s\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Pr<\/i>act<\/i><\/span>i<\/i>ca<\/i><\/span>l <\/i>Ph<\/i><\/span>o<\/i><\/span>t<\/i>og<\/i><\/span>raph<\/i>e<\/i><\/span>r<\/i>, <\/i><\/span>An<\/i><\/span>th<\/i><\/span>o<\/i><\/span>n<\/i>y’s <\/i><\/span>P<\/i>hotog<\/i><\/span>raphi<\/i>c\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Bull<\/i><\/span>et<\/i>in <\/i><\/span>an<\/span>d <\/span>Th<\/i><\/span>e <\/i>Ph<\/i><\/span>o<\/i>t<\/i><\/span>o <\/i>B<\/i><\/span>eaco<\/i>n <\/i><\/span>of <\/span>C<\/span>hi<\/span>cago. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Hi<\/span>s <\/span>ca<\/span>r<\/span>ee<\/span>r\u00a0<\/span>thus illumina<\/span>tes v<\/span>irtua<\/span>ll<\/span>y a<\/span>ll <\/span>as<\/span>pec<\/span>ts o<\/span>f th<\/span>e <\/span>fre<\/span>e w<\/span>hee<\/span>l<\/span>in<\/span>g, <\/span>inte<\/span>nse<\/span>ly e<\/span>ntre<\/span>pr<\/span>e<\/span>ne<\/span>uria<\/span>l, <\/span>nine<\/span>tee<\/span>nth ce<\/span>ntury No<\/span>rth\u00a0Am<\/span>eri<\/span>can co<\/span>mm<\/span>er<\/span>ci<\/span>al ph<\/span>ot<\/span>og<\/span>r<\/span>aphi<\/span>c scen<\/span>e. ..”<\/p>\n

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Toronto. One of the Canadian photographers in the mid 1800s was Inglis. The photo at left carries the cut-line, “This photograph by\u00a0James Inglis of\u00a0Montreal, appeared\u00a0as a tipped-in frontispiece in the\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0Photographer of\u00a0November 1866. Editor E.L. Wilson suggested the title “Right still, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[5,220,348],"class_list":["post-31101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-photographer","tag-photos","tag-studio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31107,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101\/revisions\/31107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}