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Boris Spremo photographs the burning tankers derailed in Mississauga in 1979. Spremo was a renowned Toronto Star photographer, named to the Order of Canada and winner of over 300 awards for his photojournalism. Several of his photographs are on…

Photographer Erin Combs began working at the Toronto Star as a freelancer while she was a student at York University in the early 1970s. At that time there were no female photographers working for the major Toronto newspapers.

Star photographer Reg Innell immigrated to Canada from England after WWII. He shot for the Toronto Star from the 1960s until the 1990s.

Award-winning photographer Frank Lennon (1927-2006) worked at the Toronto star from 1944 to 1990.

Star Weekly reporter Harold Hilliard and photographer Jack Marshall posing for Howard Anderson. Jack Marshall won a National Newspaper Award in 1955.

Toronto Star photojournalist Doug Cronk is shown in the field while documenting the Korean War. Cronk was killed in 1955 while on assignment covering Hurricane Janet in the Caribbean.

Ray Munro shoots daredevil William "Red" Hill Jr. Munro worked briefly for the Toronto Star and won two National Newspaper Awards during his career as a photojournalist. He was also a famous WWII pilot and received the Order of Canada for helping to…

Gerald Richardson was well known for his photographic coverage of royal tours and for his photographs of the royal family at Windsor, U.K. in 1939.

One of the earliest Star photographers, Tom Wilson, also retouched photos and worked in the dark room.