Sunday December 3: Meeting to Focus on PHSNE at Fifty
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 7:30 P.M. via Zoom: Brief annual meeting and election before the presentation. Link to be sent to members after the Thanksgiving weekend. In 2023 PHSNE reached…
Sunday Nov 5: Rob Niederman Explores Early Photo Detours & Dead Ends
Camera innovations, from photography’s earliest beginnings to the present day, are an intriguing journey of twists and turns. Many efforts to improve the picture-taking experience through new designs, features and…
Sunday Oct 1: Vladimir Khazan Presents the Gelveta — The First 35mm SLR
PHSNE member Vladimir Khazan will offer a program on the Gelveta and Sport cameras on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 7:30PM EDT via Zoom. Sign up now to receive the…
Sept 2023: Brian Taylor Shares His Photographic Journey Sunday Sept 10 2023 @ 7:30PM on Zoom
PHSNE is pleased to present a lecture by Brian Taylor, a renowned contemporary photographer, professor, and gallery director. Known for his lively lectures on historic and contemporary photography, Brian will…
PEM’s “Power & Perspective: Early Photography in China” with Curator Stephanie Tung—Sun, June 4, 7:30PM ET on Zoom
Stephanie Tung, Byrne Family Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum, will speak about the recent exhibition Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China. Co-curated with Karina Corrigan, the…
May 2023: How Bernie Zelitch Discovered Lowell’s Annie Powell — Sunday, May 7, 7:30PM on Zoom
How does somebody with no particular background in the field discover an unknown but prolific and artistic photographer? In late 2020, neoclassical songwriter Bernie Zelitch, retired from journalism and software…
Get Ready: Photographica 90 & the Ultimate FAQs Are Here
Celebrating PHSNE’s 50th Anniversary & Photographica 90 What is Photographica and why would I want to go? Here’s the What: Photographica is a one-day buy-and-sell event that includes every aspect…
April 2023: MIT’s Gary Van Zante on Theodore Lilienthal and His New Orleans Portfolio at the 1867 Paris World’s Fair
PHSNE welcomes MIT Museum Curator Gary Van Zante and his presentation on Theodore Lilienthal’s portfolio of New Orleans views exhibited at the 1867 Paris World’s Fair. The meeting via Zoom…
March 2023: Director Josh Farr Presents the Vermont Center for Photography Sunday, Mar 5, at 7:30PM EST on Zoom
This month’s Zoom meeting welcomes Josh Farr, Executive Director and Curator of the Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) in Brattleboro, Vermont. He will take us on a virtual tour of…
February 2023: Author Wes Loder Explains the Tenax II Sunday, Feb 5, 2023 on Zoom
The November 2022 snap shots Camera of the Month article featured the WW II-era Tenax II camera, prompting a letter from Wes Loder, author of The Tenax II: Zeiss Ikon’s…
January 2023: PHSNE’s 50th Year Celebrates Its Past, Present & Future – Zoom Meeting Sunday, Jan 8, 2023 7:30PM EST
PHSNE Turns Fifty Welcome to January 2023! This month’s Zoom meeting (Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 7:30PM EST) will be a discussion of PHSNE’s past, present, and future. Long-time members…
December 2022: PHSNE Annual Meeting 7:00PM EST and Holiday Show & Tell 7:30PM — Sunday, Dec 4, 2022
It’s the Season To Give and PHSNE Is Doing Its Share! The good news is that many schools are participating in a revival of analog photography and teaching basic darkroom…
November 2022: Ken Liss Connects A Tiny Gem Tintype Album of Children’s Portraits To Stories of Boston and Brookline Women Sunday Nov 6, 2022 7:30PM EST on Zoom
In 2014, the Brookline Historical Society (BHS) was given a tiny photo album — 3″ wide by 3.75″ high — with postage stamp-sized photos of 48 Brookline and Boston children,…
October 2022: JP Stones Connects Photos & Stories Through Mexica Culture Sunday Oct 2 at 7:30PM on Zoom
Every photographer wants an audience to connect with their images, and great storytelling can add emotional depth to those images. But understanding how to weave a narrative into your photography…
September 2022: Dr. Lee McIntyre on New England Women Photographers
PHSNE’s first meeting of the 2022-23 season features Dr. Lee McIntyre speaking about early women photographers in New England on Sunday, September 11 at 7:30 PM EDT via Zoom. Sign…
June 2022: Ihagee and the Exakta by Vladimir Khazan
The June 2022 ZOOM meeting features Vladimir Khazan, PHSNE member and photo historian. His presentation will cover the Dresden camera maker IHAGEE and its pioneering Exakta cameras Sunday, June 5,…
May 2022: Phil Pressel & The Hexagon KH-9 Spy Satellite Stereo Cameras
Philip Pressel was the project engineer in charge of the design of the formerly top-secret Hexagon KH-9 spy satellite’s stereo cameras. His live Zoom presentation on Sunday, May 1, 2022…
The Ultimate Photographica #89 FAQ — April 23, 2022
What is Photographica and why would I want to go? Here’s the What: Photographica is a one-day show celebrating every aspect of analog (film) photography: cameras, daguerreotypes, lenses, cdv…
March 2022: Digitizing Your Archive with Eric Luden of Digital Silver Imaging
Your film & print archive has value as a source of income, a portfolio of your work, and as a historic and personal record. Just learning how to digitize your…
February 2022: Image Preservation & Restoration with Terri Cappucci
Terri Cappucci has seen it all. Her Zoom meeting presentation Sunday, Feb 6, 2022 at 7:30 PM EST will discuss how she rescued thousands of glass negatives from the trash,…
January 2022: Optical Engineer Lev Sakin on Camera Lens Design and LOMO
PHSNE is pleased to welcome noted optical engineer and optical systems designer Lev Sakin to our Zoom meeting Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM EST. Sakin will be presenting…
December 2021: Zoom Show & Tell, Holiday Party, Annual Meeting & President’s Message
Ho! Ho! Ho! You’ve been waiting all year for this—a chance to mix, mingle and watch PHSNE members show and tell about their favorite collection items. Remember Marti’s basement tour…
November 2021: The Rise of Photographic Illustration 1839-1880 by Dr. Anthony Hamber
Dr. Anthony Hamber, a researcher, photographic historian, and author based in England, will present an overview of the early use of photographic reproduction of art and architecture, and photographically illustrated…
October 2021: Zeiss Ikon History & Selected Products to 1945 by Vladimir Khazan
PHSNE member Vladimir Khazan, a photo historian and collector, will present a history of Zeiss Ikon up to 1945, and share some of his Zeiss collection at PHSNE’s October 3,…
September 2021: LOVING: A Photographic History of Men in Love by Hugh Nini & Neal Treadwell
PHSNE’s first 2021-2022 Zoom meeting series presentation features authors Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell discussing their 2020 book LOVING: A Photographic History of Men in Love Sunday, September 12, 2021…
June 2021: Cataloging the Gabriel Cromer Collection with Archivist and Curator Edith Cuerrier
PHSNE’s June Zoom meeting presentation is “Cataloging the Gabriel Cromer Collection” with Edith Cuerrier, curator, archivist, RCAF photographer, and cataloguer of the historic George Eastman Museum’s collection, on Sunday, June…
May 2021: Author Dr. Nicole Hudgins Will Discuss Her New Book: The Gender of Photography
PHSNE’s May 2021 Zoom meeting will host Dr. Nicole Hudgins, associate professor of history and art history at the University of Baltimore (UB) and author of The Gender of Photography:…
April 2021: Motive, Means, and Opportunity: Amateur Shutterbugs Shoot the Harvard Shakers by Ned Quist
PHSNE’s April 2021 meeting features Ned Quist’s research and presentation on a group of amateur photographers who photographed the Harvard Shaker Village in the late 19th and early 20th century….
March 2021: Street Vendor Portraits: A Democratic Art by Mary Panzer
PHSNE’s March 2021 Zoom meeting hosts curator Mary Panzer for a presentation on a form of commercial portraiture practiced around the globe from the 1930s through the 1970s, but has…
Special PHSNE Summer Program – August 9, 2020, 7:30pm EDT via Zoom: Stacy Waldman on The Vernacular World According to House of Mirth Photos
After a meeting-less spring, this virtual meeting offers a unique opportunity for members—local and outside the New England area—to attend a PHSNE program. Our presenter is Stacy Waldman, proprietor of…