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Harold Johnston
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A life in photographs
"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them" (George Eliot)

Harold H. Johnston - b. 1930 N. Ireland; d. 1985 British Columbia, Canada.
People photography, mainly Western Canada
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1954-ish: skiing.

#photography #sports #bw #skiing #monochrome #film #filmphotography #portrait #portraitphotography #bwphotography #snow #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada
Young man in cap and sweater, posed smiling with ski poles slanted at either side of his hips and the skis facing the camera.
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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1953: sisters.

#photography #bw #monochrome #portrait #candid #streetphotography #shopping #bwphotography #portraitphotography #filmphotography #film #35mm #developing #darkroom #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada
Four young women, smiling, with packages in front of illuminated shops.
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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June 1958: Stanley Park killer geese.

#photography #colour #film #slide #filmphotography #family #1950s #midcentury #StanleyPark #Vancouver #BC #Canada
Toddler on park sidewalk with Canada geese nearby.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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April 1958: recording a trip to the beach.

#photography #colour #slide #film #35mm #family #filmphotography #Vancouver #BC #Canada
Mother and child at an outside table near a beach. Father and child at an outside table at the beach.
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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1958: Seymour Street, Vancouver.

#photography #film #35mm #colour #slide #1950s #midcentury #filmphotography #urban #landscape #mountains #Vancouver #BC #Canada
View down Seymour St in Vancouver, showing 1950s cars - many two-tone - on a four-lane road.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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1950: family

#photography #bw #monochrome #bwphotography #film #filmphotography #portrait #posed #family #sisters #mother #northern #ireland
Group of five people: older woman with two young women and two small children.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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1956: family

#photography #bq #monochrome #bwphotography #portrait #posed #piano #portraitphotography #mémère #pépère #quebecois #francophone #filmphotography #film #35mm #1950s #midcentury
Older couple, teen and young woman sitting in living room, with a piano and music behind them and family photos all around.
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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1956: chair, shirt, ring.

#photography #portrait #bw #monochrome #art #portraitphotography #candid #chair #hand #ring #relaxed #bwphotography #filmphotography #film #35mm
Young man, leaning back in large wooden chair, with white nylon shirt and dark square ring on finger.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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1949-50: girlfriends.

#photography #bw #monochrome #portrait #candid #street #streetphotography #posed #film #filmphotography #bwphotography #portraitphotography
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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July 1939: nearly 9 yrs old.

#photography #portrait #bw #child #monochrome #film #prewar #childhood #filmphotography #portraitphotography #posed #bwphotography #Ireland #northern #1930s
Curly-haired boy, tooth missing, looking at camera.
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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June and October 1970: photographing wood sculptor Charles Butler (1902-1978).

#photography #bw #monochrome #sculptor #sculpture #artist #wood #photographer #film #Pentax #35mm #bwphotography #candid #portrait #art #artphotography #Gastown #WaterStreet #Cordova #Vancouver #Canada
Wood sculpture of a flock of long-necked birds, October 1970. Charles Butler with sculptor Keith Shields, June 1970. Harold photographing pieces in shop/studio, June 1970. Butler on chair in Keith Shields' studio, chatting, October 1970. See https://americanart.si.edu/artist/charles-butler-18269
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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October 1968: gas station.

#photography #bw #monochrome #architecture #film #35mm #panorama #Russian #KMZ #1960s #midcentury #gas #service #texaco #filmphotography #bwphotography #Vancouver #Canada
Panoramic view of a Texaco service station.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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November 1957: a 1940s International Harvester pick-up truck.

#photography #colour #film #slide #snow #vehicle #vintage #midcentury #1950s #suburb #filmphotography #car #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada
A dull green-grey pickup truck dusted in snow in front of a picket fence in a suburban neighbourhood.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Françoise et François, 1933, 1935, 1953
Toddlers sitting on floor with stuffed dog. Small children wearing matches short trousers, t-shirt and hats, in front of a bush. Young woman and man standing in front of car, smiling.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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May 1968: first stereo.

#photography #midcentury #bw #monochrome #portrait #candid #stereo #tv #bwphotography #filmphotography #35mm #film #Pentax #consumer #appliances #portraitphotography #Burnaby #BC #Canada
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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July 1967: with a Pentax SV.

#photography #portrait #camera #vintage #Pentax #park #posed #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #1960s #bwphotography #metering #portraitphotography #filmphotography #midcentury #Vancouver #BC #Canada
Man at park bench posing for portrait while holding a Pentax camera.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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March 1968: with Pentax Spotmatic.

#photography #35mm #film #bw #monochrome #developing #printing #darkroom #vintage #camera #Pentax #Spotmatic #bwphotography #portrait #selfportrait #selfie #1960s #SLR #midcentury #portraitphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #Burnaby #BC #Canada
Man crouching to photograph himself in a mirror.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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1958: with a Minolta 35 Model II.

#photography #portrait #candid #vintage #camera #Minolta #35mm #bw #monochrome #home #family #tripod #1950s #midcentury #bwphotography #filmphotography #portraitphotography
Toddler straining to look through eyepiece of a camera on a tripod.
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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May 1956: Alberta and Laurier.

#photography #portrait #candid #home #family #bw #monchrome #portraitphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #film #35mm #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada
Heavy-set man in easy chair smoking cigar, with woman sitting on arm of chair holding drink, both laughing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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September 1970: Al.

#photography #portrait #candid #portraitphotography #film #35mm #filmphotography #bw #monochrome #bwphotography #Burnaby #BC #Canada
Smiling man in T-shirt, fingers interlaced over chest, with missing front tooth.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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September 1970: typesetting.

#photography #fineprinter #printer #Hudson #Wil #lead #type #typography #craft #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #resolution #Vancouver #BC #Canada
View of type checking from above, with printer standing bent-over to compare printed text with the lead type set in frames.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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June 1977: with a Pentacon camera.

#photography #colour #film #holiday #film #mediumformat #Russian #camera #vintage #portrait #candid #BC #Canada
Man standing beside open-doored Datsun pickup holding a large medium-format film camera, with dusty hills and evergreens in the background.
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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May 1977: Frank at window.

#photography #lighting #bw #monochrome #naturallighting #film #35mm #Pentax #chiaroscuro #art #portrait #portraitphotography #candid #artphotography #bwphotography #Vancouver #BC #Canada
Man at table, backlit by sunlight streaming through window.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Feb 1977: a few of the photography books.

#photography #bookshelf #biographyt #bw #monochrome #candid #midcentury #1970s #lamp #bibliography #text #Burnaby #BC #Canada
Five bookshelves of photography books printed between the 1960s and 1920s.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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1983: with Frances.

#photography #bw #monochrome #portrait #film #35mm #Pentax #filmphotography #bwphotography #portraitphotography #posed #1980s #Burnaby #BC #Canada
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM