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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
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0100468F
      Space lens: Randy Domm of Applied Physics Specialties in North York works on a key part for a telescope that will keep an eye on space garbage for NASA
      Space lens: Randy Domm of Applied Physics Specialties in North York works on a key part for a telescope that will keep an eye on space garbage for NASA
      Stawicki, Andrew
      5/14/1992
      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
      Ford Motor Company of Canada
      9/8/1976
      The young and the old provide contrast for Star photographer Colin McConnell, who used a 135 mm lens to capture both the sign and his subjects
      The young and the old provide contrast for Star photographer Colin McConnell, who used a 135 mm lens to capture both the sign and his subjects
      McConnell, Colin
      5/31/1982
      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(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/24/1977
      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.
      Dunlop, Alan
      12/7/1990
      Right, two San Lorenzo, El Cubo citizens know a friendly lens when they see one
      Right, two San Lorenzo, El Cubo citizens know a friendly lens when they see one
      Bock, Tony
      3/22/1987
      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(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      2/3/1976
      Outside. Wide angle lens gives this panoramic view of yesterday's opening of the Ontario Legislature by Lieutenant-Governor Earl Rowe. Here military l(...)
      Outside. Wide angle lens gives this panoramic view of yesterday's opening of the Ontario Legislature by Lieutenant-Governor Earl Rowe. Here military l(...)
      Grant, Frank
      1/21/1985
      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
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/4/1978
      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(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/26/1977
      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
      Bull, Ron
      1/5/1983
      Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
      Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
      James, Norman
      1/18/1943