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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 (c) H. H. Johnston All rights reserved.

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Trains: 1961, 1967, 1970, 1978.

#photography #bw #colour #monochrome #film #filmphotography #bwphotography #35mm #WilHudson #KeithShields #Vancouver #BC #Canada

03.03.2026 12:41 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Plastering: 1964, 1967, 1970, 1975.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #portrait #unposed #posed #workplace #outdoors #bwphotography #work #labour #trade #Vancouver #BC #Canada

02.03.2026 12:20 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Eating: 1963, 1969, 1974, 1984.

#photography #bw #colour #film #portrait #unposed #candid #35mm #Burnaby #BC #Canada

01.03.2026 16:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sitting: 1955, 1962, 1965, 1978.

#photography #portrait #posed #unposed #candid #bw #monochrome #interior #portraitphotography #bwphotography #film #35mm #filmphotography

28.02.2026 16:17 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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School: 1963, 1964, 1967, 1977,

#photography #bw #monochrome #35mm #Pentax #1960s #school #filmphotography #bwphotography #portrait #unposed #group #activities #audience #Burnaby #BC #Canada

26.02.2026 14:15 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Friends: 1957, 1960, 1966, 1970

#photography #bw #colour #film #35mm #portrait #unposed #candid #1960s schoo#Burnaby #WillingdonHeights #BC #Canada

26.02.2026 14:01 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bicycles: 1963, 1965, 1972, 1983.

#photography #film #bw #monochrome #colour #filmphotography #bwphotography #perspective #viewpoint #family #WillingdonHeights #Burnaby #BC #Canada

25.02.2026 15:51 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tricycles: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963.

#photography #bw #film #monochrome #35mm #mediumformat #bwphotography #portrait #unposed #filmphotography #Burnaby #BC #Canada

25.02.2026 15:42 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Victoria: 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #colour #family #trip #VancouverIsland #Victoria #Tsawwassan #ferry #tourist #tourism #capital #BC #Canada #legislature

24.02.2026 12:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ferry to Vancouver Island: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970

#photography #bw #monochrome #holiday #ferry #VancouverIsland #Victoria #Nanaimo #family #trip #orca #film #filmphotography #tourist #tourist #bwphotography #portrait #unposed #posed #portraitphotography

24.02.2026 11:39 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Girlfriends, 1949-50.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #portrait #posed #portraitphotography #bwphotography #postwar #Northern #Ireland

22.02.2026 11:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Photographing: 1958, 1968, 1970, 1977.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #bwphotography #portrait #unposed #portraitphotography #Burnaby #BC #Canada

20.02.2026 16:35 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reading: 1955, 1962, 1964, 1965.

#photography #family #bw #monochrome #film #bwphotography #filmphotography #35mm #reading #book #books #library #newspaper #1960s #midcentury #pre-internet

17.02.2026 14:32 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reading: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #portrait #portraitphotography #bwphotography #family #reading #book #books #library #burnaby #bc #canada #1960s

17.02.2026 14:25 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reading: 1956, 1963, 1970, 1980.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #bwphotography #portrait #portraitphotography #unposed #library #second-hand #bookshop #books #reading #magazines #burnaby #BC #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada

17.02.2026 14:10 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reading: 1964, 1966, 1969, 1984.
#photography #reading #bw #monochrome #portrait #unposed #1960s #children #print #libraries #books #book #film #filmphotography #bwphotography

17.02.2026 13:29 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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April 1971: Vancouver street.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #bwphotography #urban #streetview #fashion #1970s #Granville #Georgia #Bay #Vancouver #BC #Canada

17.02.2026 09:53 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Four people at a picnic bench in a park. Two men wearing suits, and two women in earings and smart dresses: on the left is Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician.

Four people at a picnic bench in a park. Two men wearing suits, and two women in earings and smart dresses: on the left is Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician.

June 1964: with Tommy Douglas at Confederation Park.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #NDP #election #campaign #bwphotography #portrait #posed #portrait #rally #photography #filmphotography #1960s #Burnaby #BC #Canada

16.02.2026 13:06 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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1935, 1955, 2003, 2012: siblings.

#photography #bw #colour #film #portrait #posed #pair #portraitphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #sibling #Edmonton #Alberta #Burnaby #BC #Canada

15.02.2026 09:40 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Frances (Françoise): 1946, 1967, 1989, 2012

#photography #portrait #posed #portraitphotography #film #filmphotography #Edmonton #Alberta #Burnaby #Vancouver #BC #Canada

14.02.2026 11:37 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Harold: 1950, 1961, 1966. 1974.

#photography #portrait #unposed #candid #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #portraitphotography #bwphotography #Ireland #Burnaby #BC #Canada

14.02.2026 11:18 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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1949: Harold with family.

#photography #bw #film #monochrome #postwar #1940s #portrait #posed #family #Maghera #Ireland

12.02.2026 11:14 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #slide #bwphotography #filmphotography #Edmonton #Alberta #35mm #Burnaby #BC #Canada

11.02.2026 16:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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1956, 1958, 1963, 1981: Harold, Frances, family.

11.02.2026 16:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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March 1970: Hand-me-down Pentax SV.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #filmphotography #portrait #portraitphotography #selfie #darkroom #processing #printing #developing #bwphotography #35mm #Pentax

09.02.2026 09:16 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Feb 1970: bedroom.

#photography #portrait #bw #monochrome #film #bwphotography #portraitphotography #filmphotography #Beatles #Burnaby #BC #Canada

08.02.2026 16:51 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mid 1950s: Frances.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #bwphotography #portrait #filmphotography #portraitphotography #midcentury #1950s #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada

04.02.2026 13:52 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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1956, 1964, 1968, 1976: Frank.

#photography, #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #developing #printing #portrait #bwphotography #portraitphotography #posed #unposed #candid #Vancouver #Burnaby #BC #Canada

31.01.2026 11:02 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Harold: 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980

#photography #portrait #candid #unposed #posed #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #bwphotography #filmphotography #portraitphotography #Ireland #Vancouver #Burnaby #BC #Canada

29.01.2026 12:40 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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March 1970: Hal at Keith Shield's studio.

#photography #bw #monochrome #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #studio #artphotography #portrait #unposed#portraitphotography #filmphotography #bwphotography #35mm #Vancouver #BC #Canada

27.01.2026 10:58 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0