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2009

October 21, 2009
COMMEMORATING THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL WITH BLACK STAR EXHIBITIONS IN TORONTO AND BERLIN
Twenty years after its fall, the symbolic weight of the Berlin Wall continues to be a historical monument to war, politics and painful cultural divisions.

October 4, 2009
BERLIN WALL: IMAGES OF A GREAT FALL
For nearly three decades, it blotted the human landscape - a 155-kilometre symbol of oppression, division, and death known as the Berlin Wall.

May 19, 2009
CONTACT FESTIVAL A TIME FOR RYERSON TO SHINE
Photography is often about being at the right place at the right time.
And on May 9, Ryerson University was the right place to be to hear three prominent photographers who were at the forefront of documenting the 1960s and '70s discuss their experiences in a special roundtable.

2008

November 17, 2008
BLACK STAR PHOTOGRAPHER GUEST SPEAKER AT RYERSON'S KODAK LECTURE SERIES
Renowned U.S. photographer Dennis Brack, the most heavily represented photojournalistin Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection and President of the White House News Photographers Association, came to the University recently to speak at the 33rd annual Kodak Lecture Series.

October 6, 2008
PROMINENT CULTURAL LEADER DOINA POPESCU APPOINTED DIRECTOR, RYERSON PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY AND RESEARCH CENTRE
Inaugural Director will open new facility that place Ryerson University amongst top international centres for photography and related media.

May/June 2008
BLACK STAR GOES TO WASHINGTON
The Collection is also featured in the 50 Years of American Photojournalism: 1939-1989 exhibition at the Art Gallery of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. until August. The images are drawn from three main categories in the Collection: the civil-rights movement, war and conflict, and personalities.

May 7, 2008
RYERSON'S BLACK STAR HISTORICAL BLACK & WHITE PHOTGRAPHY COLLECTION AT CONTACT TORONTO PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2008
Before the advent of television and online news, images of current events were captured and conveyed through photographs. The visual record of many of these social, political and cultural events of the 20th century is contained in Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection.

Mar/Apr 2008
PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY UNVEILED
Recently, President Sheldon Levy unveiled the design concept for the new Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre. This bold new venture, designed by internationally-acclaimed, Toronto-based Diamond and Schmitt Architects, places the University amongst the top international centres for photography and related disciplines.

2007

April 30 – May 25
THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON RYERSON'S BLACK STAR HISTORICAL BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION AT THIS YEAR'S CONTACT TORONTO PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL.

The Celebrity Persona showcases Collection’s personalities holdings at BCE Place.

The stars come out for the latest highlights from Ryerson’s Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection. Andy Warhol, Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Bobby Kennedy, Jacques Cousteau and Ernest Hemingway are just some of the more than 70 famous faces that will be on display as part of The Celebrity Persona: The Black Star Collection at Ryerson exhibition, Ryerson’s submission in the 2007 CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

2006

May 9th, 2006
HIGHLIGHTS FROM BLACK STAR HISTORICAL COLLECTION DEBUTS IN CONTACT TORONTO PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
TORONTO, Canada — A wounded English aviator taken prisoner by German soldiers during WWI, Vietnam War protesters in Washington D.C., a young Cassius Clay training underwater in 1961.These scenes are among some 100 gripping images from The Black Star Collection at Ryerson University: Highlights, which are being presented at the Allen Lambert Galleria, BCE Place, May 7 to 27. The display is part of the 2006 CONTACT Toronto P photography F festival.

April 27th, 2006
HIGHLIGHTS OF BLACK STAR HISTORICAL COLLECTION TO BE DISPLAYED IN CONTACT TORONTO PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
TORONTO, Canada — The young Cassius Clay training underwater in 1961. This scene is among some 100 gripping images from The Black Star Collection at Ryerson University: Highlights, which will be on display as part of the 2006 CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
TORONTO, Canada —New Yorkers reacting to the declaration of World War II. A haunting image of the British prisoners of war in 1945. These scenes are among some 100 gripping images from The Black Star Collection at Ryerson University: Highlights, which will be on display as part of the 2006 CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

2005

TORONTO, Canada —Highlights from Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection will be featured in a digital exhibition running from November 18th until December 2nd, 2005.

TORONTO, Canada —Ryerson University has acquired one of the world’s great collections of photography. A remarkable visual legacy of the 20th century, Ryerson’s Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection is an internationally-renowned collection of almost 300,000 black and white photographs with extraordinary artistic and documentary value.

The Ryerson Library has recently acquired two significant collections that will greatly enhance its support of programs in the School of Image Arts, particularly the master’s program in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management. Kodak Canada has recently donated its entire historic company archives to Ryerson University. The Library will also soon acquire an extensive collection of materials on the history of photography from the private collection of Nicholas M. & Marilyn A. Graver of Rochester, N.Y.

April 11, 2005
REMARKS BY DR. CLAUDE LAJEUNESSE, PRESIDENT - RYERSON UNIVERSITY
"It is my great pleasure to announce today that Ryerson University has acquired the Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection. It’s an extraordinary Collection of almost 300,000 photographs from the Black Star Agency in New York City. It tells the story of the 20th century through breathtaking images, shot by world-famous photographers and photojournalists."

    
 

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