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Behind the lens
Behind the lens

Behind the lens

Date9/30/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Behind the lens: Jack Carey has photographed everything from wild elephants in India to tiny insects in his successful film-making career. Now 69; he is embarking on a two-year project about aquatic life.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100468F
Hat trick: Len Cooper, owner of The Browser's Den, originally a poster and games store, now amuses customers with a feat or two from his line of magic tricks
Hat trick: Len Cooper, owner of The Browser's Den, originally a poster and games store, now amuses customers with a feat or two from his line of magic tricks
12/10/1979
View from a molar: A camera with a fish-eye lens was placed inside jaw of a demonstration skull to catch Dr. Ellis Paul of Manchester, England, in act(...)
View from a molar: A camera with a fish-eye lens was placed inside jaw of a demonstration skull to catch Dr. Ellis Paul of Manchester, England, in act(...)
10/26/1977
Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
1/18/1943
Would you open the door of your apartment to a man who looked like this? The optical distrortion of the fish eye lens used in a wide angle door viewer(...)
Would you open the door of your apartment to a man who looked like this? The optical distrortion of the fish eye lens used in a wide angle door viewer(...)
2/3/1976
Fuctioning museum piece: Michael Gilbert, who runs the Canadian Centre of Photography, poses with an 11 x 14 (negative) field camera which he has fitted with a modern lens
Fuctioning museum piece: Michael Gilbert, who runs the Canadian Centre of Photography, poses with an 11 x 14 (negative) field camera which he has fitted with a modern lens
1/5/1983
A wide-angle lens rounds out the picture of Bill Hawkins, vice-president and general manager for the Ford Motor Co
A wide-angle lens rounds out the picture of Bill Hawkins, vice-president and general manager for the Ford Motor Co
9/8/1976
Star photographer Jeff Goode used a Nikon F3 with 85mm lens exposure 500th at F8 to shoot this strange sportsman on Lake Simcoe who decided to fish outside of his ice hut and brave the winter winds
Star photographer Jeff Goode used a Nikon F3 with 85mm lens exposure 500th at F8 to shoot this strange sportsman on Lake Simcoe who decided to fish outside of his ice hut and brave the winter winds
4/19/1983
A good lens: This is what a good photographer can do with good equipment when taking what could have been a routine tourist picture of a cruise ship at dockside
A good lens: This is what a good photographer can do with good equipment when taking what could have been a routine tourist picture of a cruise ship at dockside
11/24/1979
Special close-up lens on his camera is used by 66-year-old Ted Maginn as he photographs a fuschia bud at the Centennial Park greenhouse
Special close-up lens on his camera is used by 66-year-old Ted Maginn as he photographs a fuschia bud at the Centennial Park greenhouse
6/4/1978
Astronomical Observations: Paul Delaney is right at home in York University's observatory. Because he's looking at sun spots, Delaney has the telescope pointed into the big star itself, in order to get some flare on the lens.
Astronomical Observations: Paul Delaney is right at home in York University's observatory. Because he's looking at sun spots, Delaney has the telescope pointed into the big star itself, in order to get some flare on the lens.
12/7/1990
It's the St. Clair connection. The camera's telephoto lens makes it appear St. Clair Ave. streetcars are disappearing into the bowels of the earth, bu(...)
It's the St. Clair connection. The camera's telephoto lens makes it appear St. Clair Ave. streetcars are disappearing into the bowels of the earth, bu(...)
10/24/1977
Image shows an aerial view of the Toronto Harbourfront and the lake.
Section of the Toronto waterfront slated for an $85 million facelift as it is seen today through the lens of a panoramic camera. Where warehouses and (...)
4/22/1966