Welcome

Welcome to Charlotte Camera Club! We are a growing, active club of photographers spanning all ages and skill levels. We offer a fun mix of opportunities and ways to participate.

Our meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month except the months of November and December (no second meeting those months).  Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and conclude by 9:00 p.m. We currently meet virtually. Members and guests are invited to arrive a little early to socialize before the meeting begins.

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We hope that you will browse our website and visit a meeting soon.

Next Meeting: October 24, 7:00 PM - Virtual

Subject: Finding Drama in Architecture

So why do I photograph architecture? A building’s dramatic form narrates a story, and I look to reveal this narrative in the buildings I photograph. Some structures are simply monumental forms—a monumentality that must be conveyed through the image. Other forms are mysterious. Their tales are present but elusive to our sensibilities. Something is hidden behind the facade, and contrast brings out the impact of the forms and their sensuality. Since structures are made to be used and provide context to people’s lives, I try to create an image that resonates with the narrative of human life.

Speaker: Henry Rinne

 Bio: In 2018, Henry Rinne retired as Dean of the Stein College of Fine Arts at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida, after a forty-year career in higher education. Prior to his move to Florida, Henry was a dean and faculty member at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith for 35 years. He earned his Ph.D. in comparative arts at Ohio University and also holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His interest in photography began when he watched prints emerge in the developer in his father’s dark room. Black & white has always been his primary focus in landscape, architecture, nature, and portraiture; however, he loves to find dramatic colors in the landscape and has started experimenting with infrared. Rinne has exhibited in Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, and New York. His work has been published in books and magazines including Downbeat, Lenswork #168, (June 2024), and Lenswork’s Our Magnificent Planet (2020 and 2021) and Light Glorious Light (2023). Henry is a member of Cary Photographic Artists and serves as Exhibitions Chair. He considers the wet darkroom a wonderful learning experience, but digital capture and processing have supplanted any interest in “souping” film and dealing with hypo-stained fingers

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First Place
The Road Less Taken
Image of the Year
Linda Harris

Second Place
Blue Hour at the Louvre
Image of the Year
tAnastasia Tompkins

Third Place
Teen Work
Picture of the Year
Lorraine Shannon