Weekly MCC News #16 – 14-May-2023

The Club will be holding its third Nature Photography Exhibition, opening on 26 May. The Exhibition will feature a selection of exciting works by Club members and invited, guest nature photographers. The theme for the exhibition is ‘Natural Connections’.

Following the Australian Photographic Society’s guidelines for nature photography, images for the exhibition will cover a multitude of nature subjects.

The exhibition will be open for viewing from 11am to 3pm for two weekends:

• 27 and 28 May, and
• 3 and 4 June

All Members and Exhibitors are invited to attend the opening of the exhibition on the evening of Friday 26 May, starting at 7.30pm. RSVP not required. 

We hope to see you at the opening event or over the following weekends.

Last minute Exhibition entries are open until midnight tonight!!

• Closes: Sunday 14 May 2023, 11.59pm
• Prints to be delivered: Thursday 18 May, 6.30pm-8pm

*Image: Black and white wings by Ken Gosbell

Imagine…

• taking photos of and around Melbourne with an Instant Camera 
• being able to see the photo straight away and share it
• no long hours processing the images on the computer, just your creativity, and you get to have your images shown in an exhibition in July 

This project was created by MCC member Des Crossley who approached Fujifilm to donate 11 Instax mini70 cameras to MCC and Des kindly donated 4 cameras to the Club.

It is free to enter and you will be supplied with a loan camera (for 3 weeks), and Instax film 20 images.

Limited spaces available!

At least 30 participants are required to shoot a film of 20 instant images each, all photos must be submitted as part of your entry.

Group 1 is underway and have collected their cameras, Group 2: pickup is Thursday 1 June – one place left

Depending on demand, there may be time for a third group, register now through the link below. 

Register and further information about this project, including how to use the instant cameras – link here. 

MCC Member Greg Branson will be holding a personal exhibition at MCC on 17-18 June

New photographic exhibition explores how the Soldier Settlement scheme failed returned Australian soldiers

A new photographic exhibition, “Blockies: The Failure of the Soldier Settlement scheme,” is set to open at Melbourne Camera Club on 16 June. Featuring a collection of powerful black and white hand-printed Silver Gelatin photographs, the exhibition explores the devastating impact of the Soldier Settlement scheme on Australian soldiers who returned from the First World War.

Click here to read more.

“Blockies: The Failure of the Soldier Settlement scheme” is a must-see exhibition for anyone interested in Australian history and the human impact of war. The exhibition runs from 17-18 June, 10-4pm at MCC.

Plans are well underway for this year’s major event on the VAPS calendar – the Annual Convention, which is being held in Colac this year. Members of all affiliated camera clubs are invited to attend. 

All details including the Program and Registrations are available online, refer link.

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MCC does not endorse any competitions/exhibitions that are listed, the content is for informational purposes.