Weekly MCC News #18 – 28-May-2023

Congratulations to Russell, Paul and Ruth for their awards at the following competitions:

• Australian Photography: The Landscape Awards 2023 Competition
• 16th International Color Awards competition

The MCC Board would like to advise members that Paul Dodd has resigned from the Board for personal reasons. We thank Paul for his valued contribution as Director of the MCC Board. Paul was first elected in 2019 and has served on the MCC Board for almost 4 years.

The Board would also like to take this opportunity to thank Paul for his significant contribution in managing the MCC speaker program for 3 years during the Covid Pandemic when MCC program moved primarily to an online program. In addition Paul also presented on a number of subjects, often at late notice due to speaker cancellations.

MCC Board

You have to get to your images shown in an exhibition in July.  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.

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, and Instax film 20 images.

 The first two groups are now full. If you are interested in participating, please register through the link below to join the Waitlist. If there is enough demand, we will offer a third group who would have 1-2 weeks to shoot their film of images.

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

This year’s major event on the VAPS calendar is 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.

19 May 2023- 28 January 2024

Great photography can hold up a mirror to the world and reflect our innermost thoughts and feelings.

MIRROR: New views on photography showcases over 140 photographs from the State Collection, alongside creative responses from emerging and established Victorian storytellers to tell fascinating tales of Victoria through a contemporary lens.

Displayed in stunning immersive detail, the photos of Rennie Ellis, Viva Gibb, Helmut Newton and more combine with the words, performance and sounds of Alice Skye, Christos Tsiolkas, Jason Tamiru, Walter Kadiki and other storytellers to produce new narratives of Victorian people and places.

Free, no bookings required.

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