This year it also celebrates the bicentenary of photography, with an overview of the history since 1826, when the oldest surviving photograph by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, View From The Window At Le Gras, was produced together with a selection of old Guernsey photographs.
‘Our team from the three clubs has worked over several months to bring together all the elements for this exhibition,’ said Andy Weatherburn, president of Spectrum.
‘We are very grateful for a grant from Guernsey Arts and sponsorship from the three clubs and their members. We are also grateful to Guernsey Museums & Galleries, the Priaulx Library and the Island Archives for allowing us to use a selection of their old Guernsey photographs.’
Nigel Byrom, president of Guernsey Photographic Club, praised the collaboration.
‘We hope that by bringing the three photographic clubs together with a common purpose we can not only further closer cooperation, but promote club photography in the island and, at the same time, promote the printed image. There has never been a time when photography has been so ubiquitous, yet the printed image so rarely seen.
‘This exhibition will complement the support and promotion of photography by Guernsey Arts, the Artist in Residence programme, Art for Guernsey, the Guernsey Photography Festival and the Guernsey Eisteddfod.
This initiative in its second year, promotes club photography and the printed image, in what we hope will continue to be an annual event.’
Guernsey Arts is pleased to support the local clubs coming together for this exhibition.
‘This year photography marks its 200th anniversary which is being celebrated internationally and locally,’ said Rebecca Booth, CEO of Guernsey Arts. ‘The exhibition promises to be a celebration of Guernsey’s historical and current contribution to this important cultural art form.’
The exhibition will feature reproductions of a selection of old Guernsey photographs, 113 general club photographs and 47 illustrating some modern techniques, with many more photos on the large screen.
The Island Photographic Clubs Exhibition – Celebrating the Bicentenary of Photography is at the George Crossan Gallery in the Town Market Buildings from Friday 12 June to Saturday 11 July. Open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm. Entry is free.
