Weekly News #16 11May2025 – Melbourne Camera Club

This week is a busy week of showcasing MCC’s very talented Nature Photographers!

Tomorrow (Monday) night – please join us on Zoom for the judging and awards night of the fourth Camberwell Camera Club Nature Interclub Competition. This is a Zoom only event and promises some spectacular nature Images taken by members from clubs all over Australia.

Monday 12 May, 7.30pm
Zoom link, click here

The following MCC members’ images are representing MCC in the competition:

Birds: Ken Gosbell The Songster
Birds: Rececca Polonski Galahs in the Rain
Botany: Anne Shellard Towards the sun
Botany: Tuck Leong Thelymitra megcalyptra
Invertebrates: Nicole Andrews Brown Stink Bug
Invertebrates: Frances Egan Hunted
Landscape: Richard Lang Mountain in Clouds
Mammals: Phil Marley Cutie
Other Nature: Lesley Bretherton Mudskipper
Urban Wildlife: Marg Huxtable Get me out of here

On Thursday night (at 8pm) the MCC Nature Group will be presenting to Club members information about upcoming and past Nature Group events. In addition, some of the nature photographers will showcase their images as part of the presentation evening. Please come along to support the Nature Group.

MCC Nature Exhibition – see article below for full information. If you haven’t yet submitted your entry, please consider doing so. The theme for this year’s exhibition is ‘Nature in all its Glory’.

Closing date: Sunday 1 June, 11:59pm

Next Nature Group Outing: Sanatorium Lake in the Macedon Ranges

Sunday 25 May: 10am-2pm

What’s On This Week

For the Club events this week, refer below and the What’s On calendar:

Monday: Camberwell Camera Club Nature Interclub Zoom
Monday: CANCELLED there will be no Photo Discussion Group meeting
Thursday: Presentation from members of the Nature Photography Group
Sunday: Analogue Workshop – Multicolour Cuprotype, Cyanotype, and Vandyke

Image: Venoms embrace – Jo Kneebone (Commended – Open B Grade PDI – Apr 2025)

News Updates

APS Australian Cup Clubs Competition

2025 Theme: THIS IS AUSTRALIA

MCC will be entering a club entry in this year’s APS Australian Cup. The MCC Competition Committee are looking for 20 of MCC’s best images to represent our club in the annual APS Australian Cup.

Please submit your entries as early as possible – there have been some great images in this year’s and last year’s Monthly and End of Year competitions, which would be suitable for this competition.

We need your images uploaded by midnight Saturday 17 May, entries need to be submitted through the competition portal on the MCC website.

All information is on the entry portal on MCC Competition page

Any queries, please contact the Competition Committee. Email: mcc-compcommittee@melbournecameraclub.org.au

MCC Competition Portal

MCC Nature Exhibition 2025

Calling on all Nature photographers! Entries are now open to MCC members for this year’s nature exhibition.

MCC is celebrating its fifth nature exhibition which will be on display 19 – 23 June in the MCC Gallery. The theme for this year’s exhibition is ‘Nature in all its Glory’.

All images must meet the Nature Guidelines as outlined in the terms and conditions. If you wish to submit creative images, please contact the exhibitions team. If there is sufficient interest we will create a separate section within the exhibition.

For full information about the Exhibition entries and the Terms and Conditions.

Closing date: Sunday 1 June 2025, 11:59pm

Terms & Conditions Link

What’s On This Week

Further information about the upcoming events are in the What’s On calendar.

You can subscribe to the MCC event calendar on your phone/computer so the events get automatically added to your calendar. Refer to the Subscribe to Calendar link on the bottom right of the What’s On page.

*Zoom Only* Camberwell Camera Club Nature Interclub Competition Zoom event

Monday 12 May, 7.30pm

Zoom Link

Zoom Link

What’s On Outside MCC

Exhibition: Some Confused Men

MCC EOY Judge from 2024, Dr Kristian Häggblom has an upcoming exhibition on display at Linden Arts.

Some Confused Men is a photographic series by Kristian Häggblom that explores the feeling of being overwhelmed in today’s chaotic world. Against the backdrop of political unrest, economic stress, environmental concerns and the strange return of Trump, the work follows the lives of men – including the artist – who openly express their confusion.

8 May to 8 June 2025
Linden Projects Space
Rear 26 Acland Street, St Kilda

Exhibition link

MAPh Exhibition: The basement: photography from Prahran College

In May 1968 the newly formed photography department of Prahran Technical School (known as Prahran College of Advanced Education (PCAE) from 1973) moved into the basement of a freshly completed art and design building on the corner of High Street and Thomas Street in Melbourne’s inner southeastern suburb of Prahran. Here, for the first time in Australia, photography was taught as an artform.

Featuring the work of approximately 60 artists, The basement brings to light rare vintage prints from the 1960s through to the early 1980s, key archival ephemera and folio work – from students and teachers of the College’s Diploma of Art & Design (Photography).

Exhibition dates: 1 March – 25 May 2025
Museum of Australian Photography
860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill

Ocean Photographer of the Year Exhibition: Seaworks Williamstown

Discover the breathtaking beauty and fragility of our blue planet at the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 exhibition. Featuring 118 extraordinary images by world-renowned photographers, this exhibition celebrates the wonders of our oceans and highlights the urgent need for their protection.

29 January to 13 July 2025
Open: Wednesday to Sundays
Adult $20 / Concession $15

Link to Seaworks website

Links

Discounts for MCC Members

Railway Hotel, South Melbourne
Lucky Straps
Spicers paper products
Photography Studies College (PSC)
Refer to the Resources and Links page in the Members area of the website

VAPS Information

Link to monthly issues of VAPS NEWSBRIEF (published at the start of the month).
The VAPS Committee is pleased to announce this year’s annual convention will be held 13-15 June 2025 in Castlemaine. Program link

Celebrating MCC Members’ Photography Success

Members are welcome to share any recent competition results or photography exhibitions to inspire other members in their photography journey
Email the Newsletter team – including Competition / Results / Link. Deadline Friday evening.
Celebrating Members website page
MCC does not endorse any competitions/exhibitions that are listed, the content is for informational purposes.

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