Most talks are recorded on audio tape. Copies are available from the society. For more information, contact Mark Singer at info@phsc.ca. Further information on this roster of speakers can be obtained from our Program Chairman Felix Russo.
Stan White is well known throughout North America for his work in stereo imagery. He has presented stereo shows in England, France and Switzerland. His background includes commercial photography and teaching at Sheridan College, Oakville campus. He is past editor of the stereo journal of the PSA and has published articles in Stereo World and Photographic Canadiana.
Stan presented a 170 slide retrospective of his 1980's work, including some images never shown before (experimental and tabletop set-ups). Many of the slides were submitted to PSA stereo exhibitions. Stereo glasses were provided by Mr White.
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Stan White
Self-portrait
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MaryAnn Camilleri discussed her new book “Carte Blanche” which features images by Canada’s finest photographers and talked about Canada’s first arts publishing house -The Magenta Foundation.
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MaryAnn Camilleri |
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The Sells are known world-wide for their View-Master collection and books they have written on this famous little stereo viewer with its disks of seven miniature Kodachrome stereo views. Click here to visit their web site.
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Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell
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V_M reel specification from Wikipedia article |
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Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly
Canada, Reuters
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October 18th, 2006
We were privileged to have Lesley Sparks as our guest speaker this month. She is the coordinator of the Toronto World Press Photo exhibition, now on display at the Allen Lambert Galleria, BCE Place, Toronto.
Lesley presented the inside story and history of this unique annual exhibition.
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History of Photography(revised),
Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, 1969
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les Lajois par Dupras & Colas, Montreal
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November 15th, 2006
Visitors to our semi-annual photographica-fairs will recognize Les and Judy as the couple with the eclectic collection of images and cameras. A long and enthusiastic interest in photography's roots is the basis for their presentations.
To learn more about our speakers, please see the latest issue of our E-Mail Newsletter.
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bits and pieces from days
gone by in photography
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 SHOW & TELL: December 20, 2006
Annual member's night. Bring your unusual find and share your story.
Join us and hear some of the unusual stories an see some of the items other members have found. This is one of the most popular evenings on our program.
Dummy cameras, Art Deco Kodaks, the Kinora, Gundlach Kinora, Loreo, Diascope/Autochrome, and the Palmer Cox Brownies
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Sony Digital Camera Memory Chip
over a c1940s fingerprint photo
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January 17, 2007
Professional photographer and Ryerson graduate Larry O'Grady heads the Photo section of Toronto Police Services. Larry will speak on the history of using photography in the TPS and its applications in forensics as the department moved from 4 x 5 to 120 and 35mm and now on to digital.
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Robert Burley
Assistant Professor
Ryerson University
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February 21, 2007
Robert Burley teaches at Ryerson's School of Image Arts. His photographic work is widely collected and published internationally. Tonight's talk will touch on his current project - documenting the disappearing industrial infrastructure that once supported traditional photographic products, especially the former Kodak Canada plant and offices.
He will also discuss the flurry of recent photographic history activities at Ryerson including the new graduate program in Photographic Preservation & Collections Management (co-hosted with George Eastman House in Rochester), and the acquisition of photographic collections including the Kodak Canada Archive & Camera Collection, the Black Star Photography Collection, and a number of library collections (Graver, Spira, Mitchell).
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1900 advertisement
for the new Brownie
cameras from Kodak
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March 21, 2007
Nearly everyone who was a kid in the 1960s or earlier owned a Brownie at one time or another. Wayne Morgan has been fascinated by Palmer Cox, the Brownies and Kodak's famous Brownie cameras for many years and tonight he will share his wealth of knowledge with us. Drop by and learn about Palmer Cox and the cameras that shaped your interests in photography. Note: Our original notice emphasized the camera; however, Mr Morgan's talk covered the broader social culture of the times and the naming of the Brownie camera in that context.
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Gerald Loban
by Robert Lansdale
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April 18, 2007
Gerry Loban has been a keen amateur photographer for over 60 years. He operated a portrait studio in the early 1960s and for five years in the 1970s he ran a part time business at festivals and malls taking instant antique photos complete with backgrounds and costumes. He will speak on the history of such enterprises, and the technique and operation of an "Old-Time Photo" studio.
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