Charles Devenish Woodley

(b. 1910, Toronto, Canada; d. 2003, Toronto, Canada)

 

Charles Devenish Woodley was born in Toronto in 1910 and lived in this city until his death in 2003.  From the moment in 1920 when he held his first camera with bellows of Russian leather, Charlie loved photography. As a boy he was a founding member of the Camera Club at Bloor Collegiate. For most of his adult life he was active with the Hart House Camera Club and the Toronto Movie Club, and he was President of both these organizations on several occasions. His photographs have been purchased and published in many places including Esquire Magazine, Canadian Homes and Gardens Magazine, Mayfair Magazine, the National Film Board of Canada, Photo Canada Magazine, Simpsons, and the Toronto Star.