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The Photographic Historical Society of Canada
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009…
Our speaker will be Toronto photographer Larry Frank:
photographer, traveller, Photoshop instructor, digital
retouch artist. Larry pioneered the Nikon School
of Photography – Silver
to Silicon and the School
of Travel Photography
and Travel Techniques
seminars. He has presented his teach-ins to
over 130,000 professionals and enthusiasts
across
Canada,
Australia and throughout Asia, including
China,
Taiwan,
Singapore,
Kuala
Lumpur and Thailand.
He has authored three
instructional CDs on
travel and digital phoLARRY FRANK OF TORONTO
tography and has hosted many photo expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctic and Scotland with Adventure
Canada. You won’t want to miss this one.
The public is welcome
- please join us.
PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN
THE BURGUNDY ROOM OFF THE SAME FOYER
AS OUR REGULAR MEETING ROOM
(basement) of the North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street.
TTC Subway stop at the library door – plenty of underground parking.
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PHSC Monthly Meetings
are held on the third Wednesday from
September to June in the Gold Room,
of Memorial Hall in the basement of
the North York Central Library,
5120 Yonge St., North York, Ontario.
The meeting officially begins at 8:00
p.m. but is preceded by a Buy & Sell
and social gathering from 7:00 p.m.
onwards. For information contact the
PHSC or Felix Russo, 33 Indian Rd.
Cres., Toronto, ON, M6P 2E9, Phone
(416) 532-7780.
Programming Schedule:
November 18th, 2009
-Toronto photographer and equipment expert Larry Frank will be on
hand in the Burgundy Room with his
presentation “Visual Bandwidth and
the Art of Photography.” He is now
with DayMen Photo Marketing Ltd.
December 16th, 2009
-This is our Christmas Party which
also features popular Show & Tell Nite.
YOU MUST BRING A WRAPPED
PRESENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
GIFT EXCHANGE. There will also be a
Silent Auction.
January 20th, 2010
-Jim Trautman will give us a visual
presentation on his excellent aerial
photography.
Send program suggestions to
Felix Russo at (416) 532-7780 or
e-mail to [email protected]. We
are always interested in hearing
new suggestions.
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Toronto Notes
– COME ENJOY OUR NEXT MEETING ON WEDNESDAY,
Reported by Robert Carter
NOVEMBER 18TH, 2009
Andrew
Stein’s
grandfather
founded Henry’s in 1909. After
financial difficulties in the 1980s
Andrew did a remarkable job
restoring the business to its present
vigor. He is the guiding light in the
company’s adaptation to the digital
revolution and its expansion into
markets beyond the GTA.
In tonight’s talk, Mr Stein was
accompanied by Janet Smith
(marketing) and Ren Bostelaar
(staff training). Ren gave a brief talk
after Andrew on three modern day
photographic accessories while Janet
arranged gifts for each attendee.
The story of Henry’s begins with the
arrival of 16 year old Harry Himelstein
from Russia and his opening of a
small store in Toronto, a business that
evolved into one of the best known
Canadian photographic retail chains.
It is a story of struggle, growth,
setbacks and sound planning.
Like many immigrants, Harry
simplified his name, changing it to
Harry Stein. In 1909, he put his skills
as a watchmaker to use, establishing
a small jewellery store - Henry &
Company - a name he preferred to
“Harry.” The business moved around
the city from address to address,
finally settling at 63 Queen St West. Harry’s son Gerald joined the
business in the 1940s and in 1945,
father and son bought the building at
107 - 113 Queen West - across from
what is now the new city hall. At the
time, that stretch of Queen was taken
up with second hand stores and
pawn shops. Henry & Company was
ANDREW STEIN
no different, dealing in second hand
goods including the odd camera,
along with repairing watches. Retailing was dominated for years
by the big department stores like
Eaton’s and Simpson’s with their
control over name brand goods.
But in the late 1950s changes were
coming with the move to discount
and speciality stores offering
personal service and competitive
prices. Cameras from Japan began
to appear opening the market to
small stores shut out from Leica,
Zeiss and other well known brands.
On the other hand, the watch and
jewellery trade stagnated by the end
of the decade.
Gerald and his wife Adele (Andy’s
parents), bought out Henry &
Company as it entered its second
Janet Smith packed gift bags for all in attendance at the meeting.
The meeting was held in the Burgundy Room
close to our regular venue location.
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PHOTOS BY ROBERT LANSDALE
half century. The most pressing
need facing the new owners was
finding a way to make the business
grow and thrive. They decided to
add photographic equipment and
supplies to their stock, starting with
a few rolls of 8mm movie film. By
the mid 1960s more photographic
products were added and sales were
evenly split between photo goods
and jewellery/second hand goods. When the new city hall was
built, the city also expropriated the
buildings along the south side of
Queen including their building so
the couple moved to 135 Church
Supplementary speaker Ren Bostelaar responsible for staff training unveiled modern accessories.
just above Queen. During the next
few years business shifted more and
more to photography.
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Appreciation is expressed by Felix Russo to
Andy Stein, flanked by Ren, Janet and Clint.
In 1971, Gerald suffered a heart
attack and felt it was time to sell. The
new owners were his son Andrew and
son-in-law Mark Wolfson along with
three others. Andy and Mark handled
day to day business while the other
partners dealt with administration.
The store sold photographic
equipment and supplies.
In 1974, the company name was
shortened to “Henry’s” with the new
orange logo reflecting the modern
era. The owners bought the building
at 119 Church Street, thus the new
Henry’s moved to its present location
just south of Queen. Changes came
fast as the economy blossomed
- a wholesale division (Targit) was
added plus a partnership with a retail
operation in Chicago. These were
heady times as affordable SLRs
attracted newcomers to photography.
Five more retail outlets were opened. A
photo finishing business (Photo King)
was bought. Then disaster struck.
A severe recession hit in 1982.
Interest rates shot up. The photo
finishing venture struggled. People
lost interest in photography. The
result was traumatic. Over extended,
the company was forced to close all
but its main store, sell its building at
119 Church and sell most of its other
assets.
About three months later, Andy
Stein’s offer to buy out the other
partners was accepted and he and his
wife Gaye became sole owners. For
the next decade, Andy worked hard
to rebuild Henry’s reputation around
expert service, quality merchandise,
and competitive prices. Along the way
in 1985, Andy was able to repurchase
the building at 119 Church Street. Going through bankruptcy taught
Andy much about the insolvency
trade, lessons he put to good use
a few years later as his competitors
began to struggle. Several companies
were bought for their merchandise
and their physical locations were
closed. When Queen Street Camera,
just around the corner was bought,
the location was used for expansion
(it houses the point and shoot, video
and printer departments). During the
1990s three more retail locations
were opened in the GTA. International Salon Deadline
Closing Date November 13th
Ed Warner would like to remind
our readers that members of many
of the GTCCC member clubs
can enter the Annual Toronto
International Salon of Photography,
hosted by the Toronto Camera
Club. Salon Chairman, David
Hillock, says the entry deadline of
November 13 is fast approaching.
He points out:
PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
I am pleased to announce the
116th
Toronto
International
Salon of Photography. Hosted
by the Toronto Camera Club,
this Salon is North America’s
oldest photographic exhibition,
and it is the third-oldest running
competition in the world!
We have made some exciting
After suffering health problems
in 1997, Andy brought in Ian Landy
to share the load. Ian focussed on
marketing and planning. Under Ian’s
direction Henry’s grew to over 28
stores including ones in Winnipeg
and Nova Scotia. Like his father,
Andy sensed the need for change
as times changed, this time as film
photography moved to digital. He was
ready and prospered even as some
of his old suppliers and competitors
faltered. Henry’s was helped by its
commitment to keeping up with the
latest technology and avoiding the
photo finishing side of the industry. In
its operations, Henry’s has embraced
training, sound infrastructure and
up to date information technology.
Operational efficiencies plus a staff
of well trained professionals are
helping Henry’s expand. Its more
recent ventures include the School
of Imaging, and acquisition of
Headshots and joneshouse.
After Andy finished, Ren introduced
three accessories for the digital
photographer: Clickfree, photoGPS
and Viveza. Digital images are saved
as electronic files making back up
critical - there are no negatives to fall
back on. Clickfree will scan a drive
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changes to the Salon this year.
For example, we now have an
electronic Entry Form that allows
you to insert your photos easily, so
you no longer have to use cryptic
names for your photographs and
you no longer have to send your
photos by email.
We also have a completely
updated salon web site. You can
find the Entry Form, Conditions of
Entry, and other useful information
by visiting the Salon web site at:
http://www.TorontoCameraClub.
com/Salon
Note that all entries must be
RECEIVED by Friday, November
13, 2009.
–David Hillock,
116th Salon Chair
and copy files of selected types.
Each time the device is plugged in,
it searches out changes and does
an incremental update. The device is
sold with a large built-in hard drive or
as a cable and dongle to connect to
any external drive.
photoGPS is so popular there was
no sample available. The gadget fits
in a camera’s flash shoe and records
the GPS coordinates each time a
picture is shot. When the images
are downloaded, the GPS file adds
location detail to each image’s EXIF
data. Programs like iPhoto can use
this data to map the location where
each shot was taken.
Viveza is a software plugin for
Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture.
It simplifies the tedious job of
masking to isolate an object from the
background, to improve contrast, or
adjust brightness or colour. Visualize
the work needed to separate a
model’s hair from the background to
realize the value of Viveza. See a full report of Andrew Stein’s
presentation with images at our web
site: www.phsc.ca
Robert Adams Wins 2009
Hasselblad Award
The Hasselblad Foundation’s
international prize for “major
photographic
achievements”
for 2009 has been awarded to
one of today’s most important
and influential photographers,
Robert Adams from the USA. With
great awareness and profound
commitment Adams shows the
beautiful and hopeful aspects of
a landscape scarred by humanity,
and the way that it adapts to new
circumstances.
Adams’ early pictures from
Colorado, in The New West and
Denver, trace the rapid growth of
the population and its aftermath,
with freeways, new houses and
shopping malls, telephone poles
and billboards, open-air movie
theatres, etc. In the series Prairie,
Colorado, Clearcuts, Tree Line,
Clatsop Beach and The Northwest
Coast Adams has become increasingly subtle in his documentation,
concentrating on trees and bushes,
clear-cut areas, along with more
open landscapes and the ocean.
HAMILTON
ASSOCIATION REPORT
This 103 page publication (5.5 x
8.5 in.) for the Hamilton Association
came
to
us
via Les Jones
who found it
interesting.
It contains a
description of
the
1894–95
activities of their
Photographic
S e c t i o n .
This
journal
constitutes the report and minutes
of the annual business meeting.
Interest in amateur photography
was on the rise and so established
cultural and sports clubs were
initiating photo sections to handle
the blossoming interest. The
Section had formed in 1892 and
already they reported on several
improvements made in the
darkroom and apparatus added.
Marcel Safier visits from Brisbane, Australia
We hosted Marcel Safier of
Brisbane, Australia as he extended his trip to North America into
Canada, attending PhotoHistory
Symposium in Rochester, a
PHSC meeting in Toronto, a visit
to the Kantymir Collection, a
daguerreian portrait in Buffalo
and a Photo Fair in Boston.
TOURISTING AT NIAGARA
AT FORT YORK, TORONTO
WITH PHSC OFFICERS, PRESENT AND PAST
Gas had been introduced into the
lamp while an Alladin [sic] lamp and
a table had been purchased. An
enlarging apparatus was installed
enabling members to do their own
enlarging.
During the Session medals were
presented to winners of the photo
competition by D.B. Charlton to
A.H. Baker and J.R. Moodie.
April saw a very interesting
exhibition by work of members
which attracted great interest.
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VISITING KANTYMIR COLLECTION
CAMERASHOPPER MAGAZINE
HITS THE 200 MARK
Editor-in-Chief Barbara Tepper
is happy to report that her venerable CameraShopper magazine
has reached the
#200 mark after
20 years of
publishing. She
hopes that they
can continue
to provide what
the
readers
want in an
entertaining
and educational
way.
The magazine
went on line this year as a downloadable PDF file, and, as such, is
available at a reduced $15.00 fee.
Over the years it has been one of
the best resources for photo information as well as for its many
equipment want ads. Contact:
www.camera-shopper.com
doesn’t stop him from dreaming of
owning one. On the other handphotographer Jarle Aasland wants
the M9, too, but he’s not simply
sitting down and thinking about it.
This shutterbug has set up a web
site to explain his cause and to sell
t-shirts to fund his dream camera.
Each casual top costs between
US$22.49 and US$35.99, and is
available in both men’s and women’s cuts. “Much as I would like to
help Aasland get the M9,” laments
Goh, “I think I’d rather save the
money from buying a T-shirt and
instead put it in my piggybank
labeled Future Leica.”
FROM THE ‘NET
Canon puts a slight twist on its
money miseries by reporting on a
PROFIT DECLINE. Canon Inc., the
world’s largest camera maker,
posted its seventh straight quarterly profit drop as the stronger
yen eroded the value of exports.
Third-quarter net income fell 56
percent to 36.7 billion yen ($399
million) from 83 billion yen a year
earlier. The yen’s 7.4 percent
advance against the dollar in the
quarter wiped 97 billion yen from
revenue for the maker of cameras
and office equipment which relies
on overseas demand for about 80
percent of revenue. Increased
adoption of cameras in mobile
phones is also compounding
Canon’s challenges as it seeks to
weather the global recession.
“Canon is a prime example of a
Japanese exporter that’s been hit
by the yen’s gain,” said Koji Toda,
chief fund manager at Resona
Bank Ltd. in Tokyo. Annual shipments of digital cameras will likely
drop for the first time in 2009, tumbling 14 percent to 103 million
units, Kazuharu Miura, an analyst
at Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.,
reported last month.
And as to the Eastman Kodak
Company, they swung to a thirdquarter loss as the global recession and tight credit markets hampered sales in its commercial printing business. For the recent quar-
ter, the Rochester, N.Y., printing
and imaging company said its loss
from continuing operations was
$111 million, or 41 cents a share,
compared to a year ago gain of
$101 million, or 35 cents a share.
Sales totaled $1.78 billion, down
26% from a year ago. For the full
year, Eastman Kodak now expects
its total revenue decline to be at
the high end of the previously forecasted range of 12% to 18%. The
company previously forecasted a
2009 loss from continuing operations of $200 million to $400 million, and continues to forecast that
results will be at the low end of
that range. “On a sequential basis,
the positive trends are clear,” said
Antonio Perez, chairman and chief
executive. “Our sales are stabilizing and some businesses are
showing real signs of growth in the
fourth quarter.”
According to a report out of
Amsterdam, Holland, Samsung
will announce their new Hybrid
camera in December. Similar in
concept to Micro Four Thirds – but
using a larger APS-C sensor – this
Leonard Goh of CNET reports
that designer Cat Bishop is hawking some pretty cool modified
cameras on Etsy.com which look
like robots from the 1960s. Each
piece has other objects attached
Credit: Cat Bishop via Etsy
Tokyo-based Sony Corp. has
been battered by the global slowdown and sliding prices for gadgets. But the Japanese electronics
and entertainment giant said it
now expects a smaller flow of red
ink for the full fiscal year through
March 2010. Sony reported a
smaller-than-expected $289-million U.S. loss for the JulySeptember quarter as healthy
sales of PlayStation 3 game consoles and Michael Jackson hits
put it on track for a gradual recovery. The company acknowledged
its liquid crystal display TVs and
game machine computer chip
businesses continued to be hurt
by intensifying price competition.
to it, such as a pool ball for a head
and domino pieces for the legs.
Surprisingly, most of these snappers still work, but they won’t top
Miroslav Tichy who makes cameras out of trash. These robot cameras will serve well as decorative
pieces for the avid camera collectors.
On another note Goh says the
Leica M9 is possibly the most
expensive 35mm full-frame camera on the market with a hefty
price tag of US$8,126.74. But that
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new system is designed to combine the performance and quality
of an SLR with the convenience
and portability of a point and shoot.
By replacing the mirror box and
optical viewfinder of an SLR with
an electronic viewfinder, the NX
series is designed to allow smaller
and lighter bodies and lenses. At
one time, there was talk of a 14
megapixel CMOS APS-C sensor
and a possible release in the spring
of 2010. The Samsung NX10, the
first camera of the Samsung hybrid
camera system, is likely to be
introduced in December, according to the article.
Assembled with thanks from reports
by Fastlens, Rolf Fricke and CNET Asia.
PHOTOHISTORY XIV at Rochester
photographs by Robert Lansdale
by Sonja Pushchak
For those unable to attend the
recent 2009 PhotoHistory XIV event
in Rochester, the 3 day event staged
at George Eastman House and the
Doubletree Hotel provided a congenial, stimulating and informed atmosphere with some of the most
knowledgeable and enthusiastic
transnational collectors and authorities in photographic history. This
year’s symposium welcomed
attendees from Australia, Japan,
Belgium, the Netherlands, England,
the United States and Canada.
This year’s selection of 21 speakers provided a provocative range of
significant issues for both students
and collectors of photographic technology and images. The Eastman
House Curator of Technology Todd
Gustavson unveiled his new book
Camera: A History of Photography
from Daguerre to Digital, a lavishly
illustrated collection of 350 of
Eastman House’s most exceptional
cameras. Lorne Shields of Toronto,
discussed the history of the bicycle
through the lens of the camera and
presented remarkable kinks in cycle
design with examples from his vast
William Nassau, Ontario, Igor Peznik, Ohio, Rolf
Fricke, Rochester, and George Mccabe, Ohio.
Rob Oechsle, Okinawa, Len Walle, Michigan, Terry
Bennett, London, Michael Pritchard, London.
Giuynn BethAnn, Christina Moceli, Tom Rall,
Erin Waters, Nigel Maister and Stacy Waldman.
Audience in the Dryden Theater of the George
Eastman House for the morning presentations.
Registrants arrived from many parts of the world
to participate in the PhotoHistory XIV seminars.
Andrew Davidhazy shows high-speed cine equipment to interested audience members.
Rachel Stuhlman and Todd Lorne Shields of Toronto Bill Kraus and Takayuki Matthew Isenburg described Barret Oliver traced history and
Gustavson, GEH authors.
themed bicycle photography. Kawai combined show.
The Many Faces of Daguerre. technology of Woodburytype.
collection. Nancy Martin’s lecture on
the archiving of the Kodak Historical
Collection at the University of
Rochester disclosed how eight palettes of documents comprising
Kodak’s rich and troubled history,
including historical photographs,
corporate information and technological research, could be an invigorating and frustrating challenge. She
invited parties interested in the Kodak
Collection to contact her at nmartin@
library.rochester.edu. Matt Isenburg’s
talk, “The Many Faces of Daguerre,”
reconstructed a timeline for the few
known photographs of Daguerre and
demonstrated how frequently the
face of the renowned inventor/photographer was nothing more than an
imaginative rendering.
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Talks for the afternoon were split
between the Dryden and Curtis theatres and were loosely gathered
around technology or image interests. The standout of the Dryden
theatre lineup was Barret Oliver.
After years trying to unravel the
mystery of the Woodbury mechanical reproduction technique, Oliver
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MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PHOTOHISTORY IN ROCHESTER
Linda Ries outlined Horace Mc- George Layne spoke on String- Robert Bogdan gave history of Les Newcomer traced Folmer Sarah Weatherwax examined
Daguerreotyes in Philadelphia.
Farland and the Autochrome. set Kodak Cameras.
photo post cards 1905–1935. & Schwing camera history.
Steven Joseph in the Curtis Theater talking on Early Advertising Photography.
A quick lunch was served in the facilities of the
nearby Asbury Methodist Church.
The yellow bus carried registrants to and from the
Dryden theater during the Saturday Symposium.
Marcel Safier, Brisbane, Australia Rob Niederman,
Minnesota, and Rob McElroy of Buffalo, N.Y.
Recording the gathering of the Western Camera
Collectors Group before the Eastman mansion.
Neil MacDonald and Steven Evans peruse the
selection of photographic art at the trade show.
Cased images of all varieties tempted the buyer
on manned tables in the trade show.
opened his talk with a demonstration of the seductive and dramatic
range of tones that were the printmedium’s hallmark and shared the
difficulties he faced trying to recapture this lost process.
The attendees at the Saturday
evening banquet were treated to a
talk by Steven Sasson concerning
his involvement in the invention of
the first camera to operate on digital
technology. The surprise was that
this feat took place at Eastman
Kodak which failed to take advantage of being the first on the market
with what is now must-have standard equipment. Those in attendance were treated to a display of
the original “digital camera” plus
other follow-up models. It was a
paparazzi melee as everyone imaged
the grandfather of all digital cameras.
The Symposium wrapped up
with the annual Photo Trade Show
on Sunday, including a camera
appraisal, at which Canadians were
able to access a fresh selection of
photo collectibles.
It was over far too soon and we
look forward to its return in three
years time.
–S.P.
FOR THE COMPLETE ROUNDUP
OF PHOTOGRAPHS COVERING
THE ROCHESTER SYMPOSIUM
VISIT OUR PHSC WEB PAGE OR
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/tphs.
html
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Cameras, cameras, cameras.... Fresh stock for
visitors from afar provided a variety of choices.
PHOTOHISTORY IN ROCHESTER
Ruud Hoff of The Netherlands with Ralph and The main Ballroom of the Double Tree Hotel as the ban- Visiting from afar were: Michael Pritchard, UK,
Marcel Safier, Australia, and Ria Scheiba, Steven
Bobbi London of Oregon viewing laptop images. quet proceeds with ceremonies and talk by Sasson.
Joseph, Dieter Scheiba. All were from Belgium.
Steven Sasson happily show- Banquet attendees gladly accepted the invitation by Steven Sasson to photograph himself with Peter Sinclair of Toronto trained
his special 3D camera on #1.
ing the first digital camera.
the “grandfather” of all digital cameras. It became a melee of paparazzi photographers.
Some Canadians in attendance: John Morden, Sonja Pushchak, A part view of the resplendent Trade Show floor that finished off bustling PhotoHistory XIV. The
Lorne Shields, Doug Napier, Sheldon Chen and Felix Russo.
variety of photo goods offered ranged from cameras to images, books to accessories.
Mike Bogue and Ken Bectrand Marshall Lapp with Francois Alan Redeker of Glens Falls, NY John Craig and Bryan Ginns, Rodger Digilio, banquet camfeatured Graphics of all shapes. Lemai from Montreal.
with a No. 00 Cartridge Premo. NY State check stereo image. era and Simon Wing AJAX.
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HARVEST PILGRIMS:
Another Camera Myster y...
Les Jones puts us
to the test to find information about the camera pictured at left.
Mexican and Caribbean
Migrant Farm Workers
in Canada
Launch of new book by
Vincenzo Pietropaolo
It is a folding “cyclestye” view camera, taking 4x5 inch images.
The wooden holders
are stamped “Rochester
Camera & Supply Co.”
in use 1897-1899. The
company produced the Poco and Premo lines of cameras.
The Stephen Bulger Gallery will
celebrate the launch of Vinenzo’s
new book on Tuesday, November
10th from 7-9 PM at which the
photographer will give a talk. Awardwinning photographer and social
activist Vincenzo Pietropaolo has
been photographing migrant farm
workers and recording their stories
since 1984. He has travelled to
forty locations throughout Ontario
and visited the workers’ homes in
Mexico, Jamaica, and Montserrat.
Harvest Pilgrims was published by
BTL Books (www.btlbooks.com)
and made possible by a grant from
the United Food and Commercial
Workers Canada (www.ufcw.ca).
Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen St.
West Toronto. Phone 416.504.0575
or internet bulgergallery.com
But where the mystery creeps in (and Les has researched every
source he can find) is a brass name plate on the base of the front
standard bearing the name KOKO. Any ideas on this one?
THE ST. LAWRENCE
WARD:
On the shield below
the lens it is clearly
marked as Manufact’d
by the Seneca Camera
Co. Rochester, N.Y.
USA.. The lens carries
a black plate above the
aperture designating it
as a Junior. The metal
front standards bear
some semblance to
Cartridge Kodaks.
HENNY KANTYMIR
sends best wishes to all her
friends in the PHSC
Henny Kantymir, wife of PastPresident Bill Kantymir hopes to
return to one of our meetings
soon. She is making progress to
walk again after a traumatic broken leg that hospitalized her for
some time. It was during this time
that Bill passed away (Nov. 2007)
and it was most heartening to see
PHOTOGRAPHIC
CANADIANA
Volume 35 Number 2
Sept.– Oct.– Nov. 2009
OF CANADA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC
A Pictorial View of Toronto’s
Oldest Neighbourhood.
her attend the
funeral cerem o n i e s
despite her
affliction. As
she
said:
“Without
attending the
funeral there
would never
have been a
closing with
Bill.”
Nov. 14, 2009 to March 13, 2010
A historical image exhibition at The
Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence
Market, 95 Front St. East, Toronto,
Ont., Tel: 416-392-7604 or e-mail
[email protected]
The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday
10 am – 4 pm; Saturday 9 am – 4
pm; Closed Sunday and Monday.
Admission is free.
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A BOOK REVIEW
by Robert G.Wilson
3D Expo 1862:
A Magic Journey to Victorian England
By Michael Tongue
Sweden: Discovery Books, 2006.
ISBN 91-972118-2-6, 112 pages, numerous monochrome and colour illustrations
with a stereo viewer build into the cover.
The International Exhibition
of 1862 was held from May
to November 1862 in South
Kensington, London, England. It
was put on to showcase technical
progress and disseminate
information and new ideas. It
followed the tradition of two
earlier major international
exhibitions – The Great Exhibition
of the Works of Industry of All
Nations held in London, England
in 1851 and the Exposition
Universelle held in Paris, France
in 1855. These exhibitions
were subsequently followed
by a great many more similar
exhibitions over the years. For
the International Exhibition of
1862, the London Stereoscopic
and Photographic Company
had the exclusive contract to
photograph inside the exhibition.
They produced both stereoscopic
photographs and large format
images. They advertised a total of
350 stereo views, but with variant
negatives, the total number of
different stereos produced was
much larger than the 350 views
advertised.
In this book, Michael Tongue
explains the importance of the
International Exhibition of 1862.
He gives us a brief description
of some of the exhibits and the
building that housed the exhibits.
He gives a brief introduction to
photographic technology as it was
practiced in 1862 and he tells us
about the London Stereoscopic
and Photographic Company.
He also reminds us of some of
the prominent events that were
occurring around the world at
that time. In his description of
the exhibition he has reproduced
the exhibition floor plan which
shows where the various displays
were located within the building.
This shows that the displays
from Canada were in the N.E
Transept and included separate
displays from Canada (this would
have included Canada East,
now Quebec, and Canada
West, now Ontario), Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick,
Newfoundland and Prince
Edward Island (remember that
1862 was before Canadian
confederation). Tongue also
reproduces the “Regulations
with respect to the Admission
of Visitors to the Exhibition.”
For the bulk of the book
Tongue conducts us on a
guided tour through the
exhibition. To do this, he has
reproduced 49 stereo views,
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mostly published by the London
Stereoscopic and Photographic
Company, and he has described
these using contemporary reports
of the exhibition, primarily from
reports printed at the time in the
Illustrated London News. This
describes the exhibition and the
exhibits in the words of the people
who were actually at the event.
And he has included a stereo
viewer in the cover of the book
which can be folded out and
used to view the stereographs
printed in the book. In addition
to the stereo views, Tongue
has also included a number of
enlarged half stereos: some are
the same image as the stereo
view presented, while others are
variants. Many of the illustrations
are in colour as they were copied
from images that were originally
hand tinted. And the monochrome
images are printed in sepia colour
to reproduce the appearance of
the original stereo cards. For the
images used in the book, Tongue
has included the View Numbers
and Captions as published
by the London Stereoscopic
and Photographic Company.
A useful addition to this book
would have been a listing of all
the known London Stereo views
of the exhibition, not just those
published in this book.
The stereo viewer included
with this book is handy, folds out
easily, provides nice magnification
of the images and, since it is
built into the cover of the book, it
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cannot go missing like sometimes
happens with loose viewers
included in other stereo books.
The viewer works satisfactorily
and allows the reader to view the
third dimension of the images
as they were meant to be seen.
However, I found this viewer a
little harder to use than other
types in similar books. This is
likely because the images have
been slightly magnified with
75-80 mm distance between
corresponding points in the two
images. This is larger than the
distance between most people’s
eyes. A series of books of modern
stereo views by Mark Blum
(Beneath the Sea IN 3-D, bugs IN
3-D and Galápagos IN 3D) each
publish the images with about
65 mm between corresponding
points and I found the images in
these books by Blum easier to
view in stereo than those in 3D
Expo 1862. However, with a little
adjustment of the viewer, my eyes
did get accustomed to using the
viewer and I was able to view the
images in 3D.
This book was published
in 2006 at £20. As I write this
there are currently a number of
remaindered copies available
which you can find using www.
bookfinder.com or www.
abebooks.com. I got my copy
recently for about $22 Canadian
including postage from Britain and
delivered in about a week. But if
you are interested in this book you
should act fast while these copies
are available. Another copy of this
book sold recently in an auction
for $70US plus 10 percent buyer’s
premium plus postage.
This is a well produced book
with nice reproductions of the
stereo images and is a fine
addition to my stereoscopic
library.
–R.G.W.
The Daguerreian Symposium
to be held in Philadelphia, November 12-15 2009
The Annual Daguerreian Symposium will be staged in Philadelphia, November 12–15, 2009 at
The Crowne Plaza Philadelphia
Main Line Hotel, 4100 Presidential
Blvd. In conjunction with the symposium a featured exhibit: Catching a Shadow: Daguerreotypes in
Philadelphia, 1839-1860, will be
on view at the Library Company of
Philadelphia with pioneer examples
by Robert Cornelius, Marcus Root
and the Langenheim brothers.
This great event actually starts on
Wednesday November 11th with
special behind-the-scenes tours
arranged at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, followed by a tour Thursday afternoon
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The 21st Symposium opens with
a celebration Thursday evening
at the I Photo Central and Vintage
Works, Ltd. It’s a time to meet everyone and visit the historically significant Library Company of Philadelphia.
Friday provides a list of knowledgeable speakers. Kicking off the
series is: Alex Novak, moderator,
with panelists J.J. Chen, Adrienne
Lundgren and Grant Romer: Conservation Issues and the Daguerreotype: A Panel Session. Cliff Krainik
will speak on John Plumbe in Philadelphia. Jeff Richman will present
some interesting conclusions about
Green-Wood’s Great Daguerreians.
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From France comes Jean-Pierre
Spilbauer, Mayor of Bry-sur-Marne.
– his topic: Discoveries in the Restoration of Daguerre’s Diorama.
Sarah J. Weatherwax, will discuss
the Library Company of Philadelphia’s current exhibition, Catching A Shadow: Daguerreotypes
in Philadelphia, 1839-1860. Elena
Simonova-Bulat, presents Preservation Daguerreotypes at Harvard.
Matthew R. Isenburg, collector extraordinaire, will discuss The Many
Faces of Daguerre.
Saturday November 14th will see
the Annual Trade Fair opening for
registrants at 9:00 AM – a room
full of shining daguerreotypes plus
much other photographica. Saturday evening is the Annual banquet,
presentation of Society awards and
the Benefit Auction. Sunday morning completes the events with a
business meeting.
For latest information contact their
web site at: www.daguerre.org/
Coming Events & Want Ads
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
Alexander Calder: The Paris Years
1926–1933 is a superb exhibition
at the AGO. Together with Edward
Steichen: In High Fashion, The
Condé Nast Years, 1923–1937 and
Beautful Fashions: Photography at
the AGO. Until January 3, 2010 –
never been a better time to visit!
UPCOMING POST CARD SHOW
Sunday, Nov. 15th, 2009 Postcard
& Paper Show at Thornhill
Community Centre, 7755 Bayview
Ave., corner of John St., Toronto.
Runs 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM $2.00
admission, plenty of free parking.
www.postcard-directory.com/SHOWS
For Sale
Sheldon Chen has published a
book of Karsh
images.
“All
Things Karsh” is
a high quality,
limited edition
book in a presentation box
plus a modern
Karsh portrait
from the original
negative. Priced at $400 list.
[email protected]
Seeking Photo Paper and Film
Sarah Wooldridge appeals for
donations of B&W darkroom
materials – photo papers, chemicals, roll film and 35mm sleeves.
SKETCH, a community arts initiative needs help for students
unable to continue projects year
round. Contact via photography.
[email protected].
For Sale
Early Photography in Kingston
(biographies of 60 photographers)
by Jennifer McKendry. Available at
$15 plus $3 for shipping. For copies contact: J. McKendry, 1 Baiden
St., Kingston, ON, K7M 2J7
Wanted
Syd Moscoe, curator at Harbord
Collegiate wishes to transfer 8 and
Super 8 film to DVD, also wants
8mm projector. Tel 905-881-2477
or [email protected]
Wanted by Editor
Images by Toronto
photographer Eli J.
Palmer are needed by
editor Lansdale for
upcoming
article.
Daguerreotypes,
cartes de visite or
cabinet prints. Send scans to:
bob.lansdale@1staccess.
com
LAST SHOW THIS YEAR
TORONTO
INTERNATIONAL CAMERA
SHOW
Sunday, November 22, 2009
at the Thornhill Community
Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave.,
Thornhill. Doors open 10:00
AM until 3:00 PM. Admission
$7.00. Contact Sue Wooten at
[email protected] for
tables. Bring this coupon for a
$2.00 discount off the $7.00
admission price.
Wanted
Cash paid for collections, liquidations and estates containing cameras, lenses, photographs, documents, books, negatives etc.
Courteous service and references.
Please call Tom for no obligation
evaluation 416-888-5828.
Wanted
John Young (ex-Young’s Camera)
needs ground glass, 6.5x8.5” and
5x7” and tripod for a Thornton
Pickard view camera: 416 2441292 [email protected]
For Sale
CD
ROM
of
Biographical
Index
of
Dagerreotypists
in Canada 18391871 by Graham
Garrett is available for research. It’s the perfect
source for listings of the earliest
photo process in Canada. Available
thru Archived Books at www.
archivedbooks.ca/acdbcanada.
html OR www.se-photo.com.
Wanted
Bicycle
&
Motorcycle
photography – all
r e l a t e d
i t e m s .
Contact
Lorne Shields, P.O. Box 87588, 300
John St. P.O., Thornhill, ON., L3T
7R3, [email protected].
For Sale
Quantity of ‘Victorian’ family photo albums, some scenic
glass lantern slides and two Beau
Brownies. Tel: 416 691-1555
[email protected]
Wanted
Ed James is looking for Russian
F.E.D. and Zorki 35mm type cameras, NO Zenits! Contact: Ed James,
P.O. Box 69, Elkhorn, Manitoba,
R0M 0N0, Tel: 204-845-2630.
Buying or Consignment
Vintage cameras wanted by experienced ebay seller. Professionally
presented with pictures and
description. Contact at 905-9940515 or [email protected]
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For Sale
Durst Colour enlargers and many
enlarging lenses from the Toronto
Image Works. Laborator 1840
(vertical & horizontal) with
assorted carriers; Laborator 184,
mixing heads and carriers.
Lenses available: 50mm, 80mm,
105mm, 210mm, 250m, 300mm,
305mm, 360mm. Reasonable
offers considered. Contact
Francine at 416 703-1999 or
www.torontoimageworks.com