Stunning exhibition of photography
A stunning collection of images from photographers across Australia will be displayed at the West Gippsland Arts Centre this weekend.
The exhibition is the 48th National Photographic Competition run by the Warragul Camera Club.
Entry is free on Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 4pm.
On display will be prints and projected digital images entered from photographers across Australia. There will also be images from a special school competition as well as a digital display of 134 entries from The Gazette’s annual Readers’ Photographic Competition.
Poowong resident Paul Robinson joined the Warragul Camera Club just two years ago but has a long-standing involvement with its national exhibition.
Paul has judged and exhibited in the Warragul exhibition – although not at the same time – for more than 25 years, and promised visitors would be impressed.
“They will see gallery-style quality at the exhibition. They will also see images that are highly imaginative. Also images that will have great technical quality to them.”
He believes any keen photographers, particularly those looking to enter local shows such as the Rotary Art Show, would benefit from viewing these high-quality entries.
Paul said people were very eager for the exhibition, one of only two national exhibitions in Victoria.
Whilst exhibitions have come and gone, Warragul’s remains strong in its 48th year as its organisation is passed down through the generations.
“Warragul has been held by far the longest,” he said. “It’s something Warragul as a town should be quite proud of, that this exhibition has continued unabated for this length of time.”
Photography has certainly come a long way from the old 35mm slide projector images and black and white printing seen in the exhibition’s early days. But when he steps into the arts centre this weekend, Paul knows he can still expect images from highly skilled amateurs or semi-professionals.
“Personally, I’m always looking for something with a new interpretation of a traditional subject. A completely new vision for a particular subject.”
Paul is also expecting images from Australia’s creative experimental photographers that could compete on the world stage.