Snap Shots

PHSNE member Vladimir Khazan’s Zoom meetup presentation on the “Sport,” an very early Russian 35mm SLR and much more.

Brian Taylor’s Photographic Journey on Zoom. Two powerful exhibits explore 180 years of photography in the lives of African Americans and much more..

The June 2023 edition of snap shots includes: Stephanie Tung, Byrne Family Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum, spoke at PHSNE’s June ZOOM meeting on June 4, 2023, about…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The September 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…

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:…

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…

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…

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…

The March 2022 Snap Shots features Eric Luden, CEO of Digital Silver Imaging, who will present “Tips on Digitizing Your Archive” Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 7:30PM on Zoom. Among his…

The February 2022 Snap Shots features Terri Cappucci’s Zoom presentation on how she rescued thousands of glass negatives from the trash, and the steps she took to restore and preserve…

Happy New Year! The January 2022 Snap Shots features a Zoom presentation by Lev Sakin, noted optical designer and engineer, for the January 9, 2022, meeting. Sakin’s career includes working…

The December 2021 Snap Shots is our Happy Holidays edition. It starts with a special Zoom meeting on December 5 featuring the members’ “Show ‘n’ Tell,” sharing their favorite cameras, images,…

The November 2021 Snap Shots features Dr. Anthony Hamber’s presentation on “The Rise of Photographic Illustration 1839-1880” from England,   November 7, via Zoom. Other articles: a new collection of African-American photographer’s…

The October 2021 Snap Shots features PHSNE member Vladimir Khazan’s Zoom presentation on “Zeiss-Ikon: History and Products from 1846-1945” at the October 3rd meeting. Other articles: the National Park Foundation…

The September 2021 Snap Shots features collectors and co-authors Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell’s Zoom meeting presentation on their book “Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love” Sunday, September 12….

The June 2021 Snap Shots features a Zoom meeting presentation by curator and archivist Edith Cuerrier on “The Gabriel Cromer Collection at the George Eastman Museum,” Sunday, June 6. Cuerrier will…

The May 2021 Snap Shots features Nicole Hudgins, author of “The Gender of Photography,” who will give a Zoom meeting presentation on her book Sunday, May 2, 2021. The talk explores…

The April 2021 Snap Shots features a little-known group of amateur photographers from Ayer, Massachusetts, who documented the historic Harvard Shaker Village (above) in the late 19th- and early 20th-century. Ned…

The March 2021 Snap Shots newsletter features “Street Vendor Portraits,” presented by Mary Panzer on Zoom. The commercial street portraits were a common sight from the 1930s-1970s in many places,…

The February 2021 Snap Shots newsletter is packed with photo history. This month’s Zoom meeting hosts Seattle-based curator Nicolette Bromberg’s presentation on “East Becoming West,” the story behind the Seattle…

The January 2021 Snap Shots newsletter features this month’s Zoom meeting speaker, Robert Currier, an award-winning photographer of fires and the firemen fighting them on the “fire ground.” Also in…

The December 2020 Snap Shots brought PHSNE’s first live Show & Tell Holiday Party on Zoom to members around the world. The newsletter also featured a book review on The…

The November 2020 Snap Shots features the Zoom meeting presentation by New England photographer Steve Dunwell “Documenting the World of Work.” Also in this issue are articles on the legendary Ermanox…