The Eastern Eye: Nova Scotia Filmography 1899-1973 http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/easterneye/http:// The Nova Scotia Archives holds film clips of Nova Scotia scenes and events. A search generated the following for Antigonish: Antigonish [1930s] 35 mm, b&w Nova Scotia Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 35 mm, colour, sound, [00:10:00] St. Francis Xavier University convocation Associated Screen News 1946 35 mm, […]
Category Archives: History of Photography
Antigonish Daguerreotypes
http://hyperallergic.com/169380/telling-the-history-of-photographic-processes-from-daguerreotypes-to-digital/ The George Eastman House released a 12-part video series last month that examines the history of photography from the perspective of its technology. Photographic Processes Series, available on YouTube, starts with the silhouette and traces photography’s development through daguerreotypes, cyanotypes, Kodachrome, and right up to digital. Scroll down for two daguerreotpye photographs of unidentified persons from the archives of […]
Main Street Antigonish, c 1950
Main Street, Antigonish, c 1950. Photograph Courtesy of Mary Rose Wong This photo was taken from an upper floor of a building on the South Side of Main Street. Any speculations? Many of the photos in Mary Rose’s collection were taken by her mother, Molly Wong. Her unusual perspective allows us to see […]
Vancouver Then and Now Series
http://onthisspot.ca/vancouver.html The Vancouver Then and Now Series includes photographs of Downtown, Gastown, Stanley Park, Kitsilano, and the North Shore. A very effective interactive presentation of Then and Now, in which you simply follow these instructions: Mouse over images with red borders to see into the past. For mobile tap once. Tap again outside […]
Object: Photo. Modern Photographs: The Thomas Walther Collection 1909-1949
Max Burchartz, “Lotte (Eye)” (1928), gelatin silver print, 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 in (30.2 x 40 cm), the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Thomas Walther Collection, acquired through the generosity of Peter Norton (© 2014 Artists Rights Society [ARS], New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn) (all photos courtesy of the Museum of Modern […]
The Complete Jane Bown: An Interactive Guide to her Lifetime in Photographs
“SHARP-ELBOWED”: Jane Bown among a scrum of male photographers fighting for a shot of Bette Davis at the London Palladium, 1975. Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/interactive/2009/oct/22/jane-bown-photography Jane Bown, born March 13 1925, died December 21 2014 The Observer published its first Jane Bown photograph in December 1949, initiating a romance between Britain’s […]
Iconic 1953 Hockey Photo
This iconic photo showed up on Facebook as an inquiry about the circumstances. I figured a hockey town like Antigonish might be a good source for more information. Please share any comments or memories of this game on this site. Here are some of the comments so far on FB: I took this from […]
Dorothea Lange’s 1936 iconic photograph of the Great Depression
MIGRANT MOTHER: Photographer Dorothea Lange, 1936 This iconic photo of the Migrant Mother taken in California by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression, acknowledges the power of black and white photography to enter the national conference. But this is also a story of the inequality between the photographer and the photographed: Yet it seems […]
Afghani Photo-Artist Hanifa Alzida refused visa to enter Canada to exhibit her photography
http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/afghan-artist-denied-entry-for-violence-against-women-symposium A prominent Afghan artist celebrated in several countries for her dramatic photos illustrating the silencing of women is being denied the opportunity to speak in Ottawa by the Canadian government. Hanifa Alizada, a photo-artist and art teacher at Kabul University, has been refused a visa to enter Canada to deliver a speech about […]
Enter Your Own Historic Photos
http://www.boredpanda.com/historic-photos/ This site offers an invitation to enter your own historic photos, which are then rated. The photos to date range from Elvis to Einstein. The one generating the most points is of a lone man refusing to give the Nazi salute in 1936. Here are two photos that are explicitly art for health. […]