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Toronto. From its invention in 1839 until dry plates hit the market, photography was for specialists only – people with the skill and art necessary for the taking of a good ‘likene...
Look back at a street photo from 1955, then look at one shot this morning. The old one carries something the new one can't quite reach, and it isn't that the photographer was talen...
In October 1906, a portrait of the German Crown Prince left Munich as nothing more than a flickering electric current, fought through roughly 1,800 kilometers' worth of telegraph l...
Toronto. Old photograph collectors thrive on that illusive photo that will add to their collection and give viewers a thrill. Perhaps an old photo of children boating on a lake, Th...
Toronto. There has been an interest in the history of photography dating back at least to 1905 when Josef Eder produced his first edition (I have the Dover reprint of his third ed...
Toronto. Collectors of old images are excited and thrilled on discovering a potential cache of photos to dig through in hopes of finding that special one to expand and enhance thei...
Toronto. Many collectors specialize in various kinds of old photos. Some like group photos and the gear used to take them. A cropped wide angle shot, a panoramic shot etc can recor...
There’s something about a great black and white photos that makes you stop scrolling. No flashy colors. No digital polish doing the heavy lifting. Just light, shadow, faces, gestur...
History has a funny way of feeling distant. We read dates, memorize famous names, and learn about world-changing events, but it’s easy to forget that the people behind those moment...
Toronto. Our late editor, Robert Lansdale, had a soft spot for early colour processes and cameras. In issue 28-2, Bob wrote a lengthy article on the topic titled, “COLOUR PHOTOGRAP...
In a town close to the French/German language split in Switzerland lies a piece of photographic history that is worth taking a look at. In Marly, Switzerland, lies Machine E, a mul...
Look at the picture and you see an empty Paris street. Wide sidewalks, a row of trees, tall buildings, and almost no sign of life on what should have been a busy morning. Then your...
Toronto. Toy cameras came on the market decades ago. I remember purchasing an old Fisher Price toy camera back in the 1970s. Some toy cameras were also made in the digital era and...
Toronto. Collectors search diligently for pristine copies of select cameras. Other versions and less pristine versions are also collected and later sold to upgrade the collection....
Modern cameras can produce a stunning image in minutes, which makes the darkroom look like a relic worth skipping. That assumption deserves a second look, because the skills a dark...
What started with a $5 photograph sitting on a shelf in a Florida antique store turned into a 76-year journey back through the early career of one of the 20th century’s most respec...
A monochrome-only camera that costs more than its color twin sounds like a hard sell, until you see what a dedicated black and white sensor actually does to an image. The Ricoh GR...
By May 1840, a mathematics professor in Vienna had finished a lens before a single piece of glass had been ground for it. Petzval worked the design out on paper, with a squad of ar...
DrMarkH: Meanwhile this aging brain is testing its synapses by trying to remember the name of a brand of photographic paper that gave a cold blue tint to b/w analogue photos - pro...
Not answers from myself to that query. Another aside though. I remember my Father taking B&W photos at some family events, doing all processing and printing himself, and then t...
A legendary American photographer's intimate pictures of his wife's family in a small Virginia town have been published for the first time in a new book. [Read More]
History usually remembers kings, wars, inventions, and world-changing moments. But what about the ordinary people who simply woke up, went to work, laughed with friends, raised fam...
Toronto. Cameras like the famous Cirkut were well known for panoramic photos. While our events occasionally feature a Cirkut or other panoramic camera, you are more likely to spot...
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