bluetyger.ca Issue 6 October 1 2001 bluetyger main issue 6 intro On Photography - Gibson Photographs:     2 views of Cuba by Dan Stefura    Ste. Marie Among the Hurons    St. Lawrence Market: Toronto    Black Creek Pioneer Village: Toronto Photography - Free Verse Photography - Some Internet Resources Ode to the Toronto Beer Festival

Editor: William J. Gibson email to the editor Made in Canada

On Photography I have been taking photographs for over thirty years. I never grow tired of it. Taking my eyes out for a walk and then putting the camera up to my face and becoming only one eye looking carefully at whatever has caught my attention. This is a pleasure I would not easily give up. I have spent some time looking into the history of photography, works by 20th century photographers, and the techniques of the photographic art and craft. Hell, I even like walking through junk, sorry, low end antique stores, and looking for any old cameras. They always seem like old friends, who are just taking a breather and talking quietly among themselves in the glass case. And only in a little while will they be brought out into the sun and there they can begin to play at capturing light and shadow. Be nice to your camera, take it for a walk today. Some of my old friends: Pentax Spotmatic 1000, Yashica Electro G35, Yashica TLR D, Yashica FR, Pentax PZ-1, Nikon FM, Nikon FG, Canon Elph, Kodak Pocket Instamatic 150, Kodak Starflash Brownie. I will be putting together some albums in the coming months: one I am looking forward to working through will contain photos of the Syncrude Project on the Athabasca Tar Sands, where I worked construction in the summers of 1973 and 1974. Thank you Mr. Fox Talbot and Mr. Eastman. Contents Copyright (C) 2001 William J. Gibson. None of the material contained herein may be reproduced or stored in any form without prior written consent from the author(s). Send inquiries or comments to bluetyger editor: William J. Gibson