Snap Shots

SNAP SHOTS MAY 2023

May 2023 snap shots features: Bernie Zelitch “Discovers” Photographer Annie Powell. His presentation will be live on Sunday, May 7th, 7:30 PM via Zoom. Today, we know the photographer was Annie Powell (Born 1859, West Yorkshire, England; died 1952, in Lowell, MA), who came to Lowell and photographed pot holes, construction

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Snap Shots April 2023

April 2023 snap shots features: PHSNE monthly meeting on Zoom with MIT Museum curator Gary Van Zante’s presentation on “An American City on Exhibition: Theodore Lilienthal’s Photographs of New Orleans for the Paris World’s Fair of 1867” this Sunday, April 2 at 7:30PM EDT. Photographica 90 arrives Saturday, April 22,

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Snap Shots March 2023

The March 2023 issue of snap shots includes: Zoom presentation on Vermont Center for Photography by Executive Director Josh Farr March 5 at 7:30PM PHSNE members’ field trip to Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem for “Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China” with co-curator Stephanie Tung March 11.[SOLD OUT] Camera of

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Snap Shots February 2023

IN THIS ISSUE: LIVE on ZOOM: PHSNE Meeting Sunday, Feb 5, 2023 at 7:30PM EST — Tenax Expert Wes Loder will explain this unusual Zeiss Ikon camera. Sign Up Here to join the meeting. Camera of the Month: The Boston-born Blair Combination Camera (1882-1894) and its tenacious founder, Thomas Henry Blair. ICYMI:

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Snap Shots January 2023

Download or view Snap Shots January 2023 newsletter HERE IN THIS ISSUE: LIVE on ZOOM: PHSNE Meeting Sunday, Jan 8, 2023 at 7:30PM EST for PHSNE’s 50th year. Sign Up Here to join the meeting.  Members will talk about PHSNE’s past, present, and future plans. A recap of PHSNE publications

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Snap Shots December 2022

Snap Shots December 2022 newsletter is here LIVE ON ZOOM: PHSNE Annual Meeting and Holiday Show & Tell Sunday, December 4, 2022. Annual Meeting at 7:00PM EST; Show & Tell at 7:30PM Sign Up Here to attend the meeting. Donations received and distributed to schools and organizations are part of PHSNE’s

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Portrait of Winston Churchill, taken by Karsh in 1941

Snap Shots November 2022

The November 2022 Snap Shots includes a photographic puzzle: why was a tiny 19th-Century gem tintype album filled with 48 small photographs of children—mostly girls? Brookline Historical Society president Ken Liss began researching in 2014, and now has most of the puzzle solved. Sign up now and you can join

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JP Stones image on Mexica culture

Snap Shots October 2022

The October 2022 Snap Shots features: photographer JP Stones’ Zoom presentation on Mexica culture and how connecting photographs and storytelling creates a richer experience for the viewer; Sunday, Oct 2, 2022 at 7:30PM EDT. Other items: overdue recognition of legendary photographer Margaret Bourke-White inducted to the New Jersey Hall of

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Bill Hao, a giant wet plate camera, and a darkroom bus

Snap Shots September 2022

The September 2022 Snap Shots includes the 2022-2023 kick-off Sunday, September 11, Zoom meeting with Dr. Lee McIntyre’s presentation on the early women photographers of New England. Other items include: comments about June’s presentation on the Exakta, the Univex use of proprietary film, and clarifying the identification of a C.

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Andy Warhol "Screen Tests" (Edie Sedgwick) at the Currier Museum, Manchester NH

Snap Shots June 2022

The June 2022 Snap Shots features Vladimir Khazan, PHSNE member and previous meeting speaker, presenting the Dresden camera firm IHAGEE and its pioneering Exakta camera system Sunday, June 5th, at 7:30pm EDT on ZOOM. Other items include: PHOTOGRAPHICA 89’s huge success on April 23rd, with over 400 attendees plus a

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Snap Shots May 2022

The May 2022 Snap Shots features author Philip Pressel’s May 1st Zoom meeting presentation on the formerly top-secret Hexagon KH-9 spy satellite’s stereo cameras. Also — more cameras: the Kodak 3A Folding Pocket for postcards, and a 130-year-old wood bellows camera serving as a coffee table. Exhibits: Wellesley’s Davis Museum

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Gordon Parks' iconic "American Gothic" (Ella Watson), 1942; part of a gift of 600 images to the Portland (ME) Museum of Art from Judy Glickman Lauder, January, 2022.

Snap Shots April 2022 – Photographica Edition

After three years of COVID lockdowns and social distancing, PHSNE’s 89th Photographica Show is back and better than ever. Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St. in Newtonville, MA. 7:00 AM Early Birds $20; 9:00 AM General Admission $5; 4 PM

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To the Dealers, Attendees, PHSNE Staff, Volunteers and the NNHS: 

THANK YOU!

You made PHOTOGRAPHICA 90 the best EVER!

Our 50th Anniversary Year Celebration Will Continue Throughout 2023

PHSNE May Meeting: Bernie Zelitch “Discovers” Lowell Photographer Annie Powell

Sunday, May 7, 2023 7:30PM on Zoom


June Meeting: PEM Curator Stephanie Tung

Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 7:30PM on Zoom

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Support PHSNE on eBay 

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To the Dealers, Attendees, PHSNE Staff, Volunteers and the NNHS: 

THANK YOU!

You made PHOTOGRAPHICA 90 the best EVER!

Our 50th Anniversary Year Celebration Will Continue Throughout 2023

PHSNE May Meeting: Bernie Zelitch “Discovers” Lowell Photographer Annie Powell

Sunday, May 7, 2023 7:30PM on Zoom


June Meeting: PEM Curator Stephanie Tung

Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 7:30PM on Zoom

Give Us Your Feedback on Photographica 90

Use the Contact Form


Support PHSNE on eBay 

Visit seller Mass495 for deals from PHSNE