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…
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…
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…
Tune in to the recording from our March 2023 meeting to meet the Executive Director and Curator, Josh Farr, of the Vermont Center for Photography (VCP)! Take a virtual tour of this Brattleboro non-profit which has been offering monthly exhibitions and workshops since 1998, plus so much more!
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…
Watch the recording of the January 2023 meetup to celebrate with 50 years PHSNE & explore the past, present, & future.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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:…
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….
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…
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…
There was no PHSNE meeting scheduled for July 2020. See the July 2020 PHSNE email newsletter for updates here. A newsletter exchange program among photo history groups got underway in…
To the PHSNE Membership: The past few months have seen dramatic changes in how organizations function and communicate. A variety of questions are coming to the Board of Directors which…
Along with the cancellation of the April 2020 Photographica show, the May 3 trip to the Davis Museum at Wellesley College was also cancelled due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements….
President’s Message to PHSNE Members: I’d like to take this opportunity to inform our membership and friends on what PHSNE is doing during the widespread disruption we are all experiencing…
Prepare to be amazed! The March 1st PHSNE meeting features a mesmerizing Magic Lantern show with a potpourri of lantern images and projection techniques presented by professional Lanternist and historian…