‘Light Years’ by Camberwell Camera Club – online exhibition

‘Light Years’ is a community exhibition featuring a variety of themes captured through immersive photography by members of the Camberwell Camera Club.

The Camberwell Camera Club consists of 162 members, both hobbyists and professional photographers, who meet regularly to develop their craft. ‘Light Years’ is the culmination of a major project in 2022, where members collected a series of images to tell a story in a more powerful way than in a single image. Through photographic essays exploring themes of the everyday, cultural traditions and the beauty of nature, featured artists take the viewer on a journey revealing the power of visual storytelling.

‘Light Years’ represents the Boroondara community and its greater surroundings, captured lovingly by local photographers. Experience the Camberwell Camera Club’s expansive collection of imagery where the closer you look, the more you'll find.

Many of the artworks on display in ‘Light years’ are available for purchase directly through the Camberwell Camera Club. Please email [email protected] for all sales enquiries.

Image credit: Manole Ioannou, ‘Monkira Sunset’, 2022, digital image, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

Alan Bennett, ‘Birds and their food’, 2022, poster, 89 x 80cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Grid of 14 images of families making passata at home

Anna Janiak, ‘Family Passata Making’, 2022, poster, 112 x 76cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Anne Matthews, ‘Ocean Rhythm’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

7 snapshots of members of a community bowls club and their bowling balls

Barrie Jackett, ‘Burwood District Bowls Club’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

A grid of 12 snapshots of people in motion outside a train station

David Bignell, ‘People at Flinders Street Station’, 2022, poster, 76.5 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

10 snapshots of an arid desert landscape with imposing landforms

David Symonds, ‘Trekking in the Kingdom of Mustang’, 2022, poster, 111 x 68cm, image courtesy of the artist.

A church window, a porcelain doll, a cast iron crib and other scenes of gothic sensibility

Diana Close, ‘Light Tells the Story’, 2022, poster, 80 x 112cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Portraits of men and women standing in front of walls, garage doors and houses

Donna Killeen, ‘Portraits of South Gippsland’, 2022, poster, 79.5 x 112cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Still lives of flowers in luminescent jewel tones against a velvet black backdrop

Fiona Anderson, ‘Botanical Fine Art’, 2022, poster, 112 x 68.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Photos of bush landscapes, trees and animals so finely rendered they appear like paintings

Gabrielle O’Brien, ‘Tales from the House on Wheels - Bush Art’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Real estate listings with photos and text about decrepit houses

Gaynor Robson, ‘A Desirable Residence’, 2022, poster, 112 x 80cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Vista of people walking through tall and densely planted trees and a sign saying Boroondara Track

Ian Spence, ‘Bushwalker’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

Lifesavers, dogs, kids in parkas and other people at a beach

Janette King, ‘Gone to the Beach’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

Teenage girl studying, with friends, having her hair straightened and in bed with a fluffy cat

Jenny Miao, ‘17’, 2022, poster, 49 x 112cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Textural city surfaces including mirrored skyscrapers and brick buildings

Jillian Byron, ‘Urban Perspectives’, 2022, poster, 80 x 80cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Kooyong Teals candidate Monique Ryan and her supporters

Jim Love, ‘Changing the Climate Kooyong Election 2022’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

arty, black and white photos of cliffs, bush, a child by the water, dirt trails and an old van

John Urbano, ‘Werribee River’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

5 dark-haired children ranging in age from baby to around 8 years old

Jose Abalo, ‘Our Grandchildren’, 2022, poster, 103 x 80cm, image courtesy of the artist.

a football game played by mud-covered men in purple and white tops, with green hills in the background

Ken Spence, ‘The Stony Creek Football Team’, 2022, poster, 112 x 80cm, image courtesy of the artist.

A massive construction site with scaffolding, cement pylons and safety fences

Lawrence Cecconello, ‘North East Link, Bulleen Park & Ride Construction Site’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

Blurred photos in muted greys, blues and yellows of seascapes, skies and forests

LinLin Zhao, ’A Moment of Eternity’, 2022, poster, 95 x 78.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Collage of a tabby cat in a cage, being petted, outside a house and being fed by hand

Maggie Tan, ‘Journey to a Furever Home’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

a gothic desert landscape with a burned out car, parched dirt and a man sitting in front of a campfire at sunset

Manole Ioannou, ‘Marginal Places’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

People doing exercise, swimming and standup paddle-boarding at the beach

Michael Chan, ‘Mount Martha Beach’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

Silver portraits of plants and leaves against a black velvet backdrop

Pam Morris, ‘Botanical Portraits’, 2022, poster, 117 x 80cm, image courtesy of the artist.

a dilapidated house with a fallen-over water tank and broken fence in the bush

Penne Ebbage, ‘If the Walls Could Talk’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

A man and woman swimming in sparkling sea

Peter Waters, ‘Empyrean’, 2022, poster, 112 x 74cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Black and white, high-contrast portraits of urban buildings and sculptures

Sigi Wiesner, ‘Melbourne 2022 - City of Shadow and Light’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Grid of images of desert skies, plants, an empty road and Uluru at sunset and nighttime

Sunny Sun, ‘The Colour of the Outback’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

People wearing high-vis vests and hardhats work with tools at a building site

Wal Close, ‘Working on the Railway’, 2022, individual prints, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist.

12 portraits of couples, some pregnant, and babies

Wolf Marx, ‘The Baby Project’, 2022, poster, 112 x 79.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.