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New Zealand

Antarctica Photo Club
The Antarctica Photo Club is not even located on the Antarctica Continet. I just thought it should be represented with a photo club. Everyone is welcome to become a member of the club even if you have never been to Antarctica. To be a member just send me a E-mail stating you wish to join and you will be able to say you are a member.

Auckland Photographic Society
The Auckland Photographic Society is a nonprofit organisation of both amateur and professional photographers alike. Our primary goal is to promote and support the art and science of photography as a means of creative expression through awareness, education and participation. We strive to provide an enjoyable and stimulating forum through which members can receive practical information to help improve their technique, share ideas and keep pace with industry trends.

Christchurch Photographic Society
Meetings are every Wednesday at 8pm, throughout the year from late January to early December. Venue is the Riccarton Community Church, 44 Elizabeth Street, Riccarton, Christchurch.

Henderson Photographic Society
meetings; 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 7-45pm.Kelston Community Centre, cnr Awaroa Road & Great North Road, Glendene: contact Cherie Vaughan 09-836-0082, 16 Albizia Ave, Henderson, Auckland

Howick Camera Club
On the FIRST MONDAY of each month entries are made in OPEN and SET SUBJECTS. The images are judged and given AWARDS Workshop evenings are held on the THIRD MONDAY of the month. Sometimes a special program is inserted instead. On the FOURTH MONDAY a special evening is held. This evening is a specialised one and not included in the club subscription. A fee [currently $2.00] is charged and members of the public are welcome to attend.

Hutt Camera Club
We are a small, friendly group of approximately 50 members who meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month to discuss various aspects of photography or listen to the wisdom of specialist speakers on a wide variety of topics. This is always followed by a cuppa and a chance to chinwag and socialise with other members. We have internal competitions with a range of different subjects, all to stretch your ability and imagination, the comments given by the judges are designed to help improve your picture taking and subject choice. Have a look at our Programme page for more information.

Manukau Photographic Society
is essentially a club whose members have an interest in photography. They range from beginners through to professionals, with skills and experience across a broad spectrum. Anybody who would like to improve their photography or share their photographic knowledge with others will find membership of the club worthwhile

North Shore Photograpic Society
We are a society of amateur and professional photographers, who meet regularly to talk photography, go on field trips, make new friends, compete amongst ourselves and generally share our passion for photography. The North Shore Photographic Society is affiliated with the Photographic Society of New Zealand, and members receive the PSNZ Cameratalk as part of their subscription.

Tauranga Photographic Society
is located at the Art & Crafts Centre at the corner of Elizabeth St. West and the Waikareao Expressway (Takitimu Drive), Tauranga, in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. We extend a warm welcome to all, no matter what level of photographic expertise. Our members share a love of photography and enjoy the great fellowship this club offers. We cater for both the amateur and professional plus all mediums, and have our own darkroom available for members' use. We have regular evaluations of members' work, speakers, workshops, competitions and field trips.

The Photographic Society of New Zealand
The Society has been the umbrella organisation for approximately 60 Camera clubs

Waikanae Camera Club
Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, from February to November inclusive at:Waikanae Presbyterian Church Hall, Ngaio Road, Waikanae at 7.30 pm

Waikato Photographic Society
We meet at the Melville Methodist Church Hall, off Bader Street, Hamilton, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 8pm. We also run a vibrant digital group on the third Tuesday each month. Visitors are welcome, so come and have a look.

Wellington Photographic Society
Members of the Wellington Photographic Society (WPS) range from beginners, through to experienced amateurs and professionals. The only requirement for membership is a desire to learn about, and gain an appreciation of, the art and science of photography. The WPS, through regular workshops and seminars, encourages practical use of your camera no matter whether it be a cheap "point and shoot" or the latest technological marvel. Monthly meetings seek to provide plenty of motivation and stimulation, as well as practical information on how to improve your photography. In addition, the WPS organises social activities, outings, and other special occasions as the need arises. So members have lots of opportunities to learn more about photography (and have fun in the process!). The society also maintains a darkroom for the use of members and visitors on a casual or subscription basis.

Whangarei Camera Club
Regular meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm at the St Pauls Church Hall on the corner of Boswell Street and Station Road, Kamo, Whangarei

Australia

Cadbury Camera Club
We are very proud of the fact that we are known as the "Friendly Club" You will find that we are willing to help each other with all types of problems, including photographic. Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 7011.

Caulfield Photographic Society
The Club meets on alternate Monday evenings from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Meetings include monthly competitions, when members submit prints or transparencies to be judged by qualified judges, talks by guest speakers, workshops and practical nights. Light refreshments are provided. (refer to Syllabus) We aim to develop better photographic skills, to socialise with others interested in photography and to engage in friendly competition .

Melbourne Camera Club
The Melbourne Camera Club is the largest in Victoria and offers a positive and friendly atmosphere in which members are encouraged and assisted to follow their individual pursuits. Services provided include print and slide competitions, workshops, presentations by specialists, a darkroom, print finishing area, a fully equipped studio, a library, a quality bi-monthly newsletter and special interest groups.

PassionForPixels
An international community of photographers sharing their knowledge, skills, techniques and passion for the digital medium through galleries, photography forums, tutorials and a library of links. PassionForPixels.com is owned and operated by the Melbourne Camera Club, Victoria, Australia

United States of America
Chicago Photographic Collectors Society
was founded in 1971. It was started by a group of photo image and antique camera collectors, who wished to share and enhance their knowledge of the history of photography

Crosstown Camera Club,
Minnesota, (Slides and Prints) meets the third Thursday of every month, September through June. We presently meet at Christ Presbyterian Church, Highway 100 & 70th St. Edina. The Club welcomes people with all levels of photo expertise. CCC is affiliated with the Edina Art Center. Club activities include programs, salon competitions, small group workshops and field trips.

Delaware County Camera Club
Located in Delaware County in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and founded in 1937, our club has weekly meetings with workshops and shows as well as slide/print critiques and competitions. Our mission is: to welcome all newcomers interested in photography regardless of ability or experience!


Digital Photographic Society
(Minnesota) is focused on artistic vision in photography, developing skills needed to advance that vision and seeking the best methodology for presenting the final image. We come together once a month to share images and to explore our successes and possible improvements in an encouraging environment. Our members range from beginners to advanced amateurs to artists striving for public success. The bonding element is the photographic image and the tools that make it happen. Friendly competition and sharing the how-to's are critical to what we are as a club. You don't have to know much to start - you only have to have the desire to try something new. What makes us different is the desire to develop an artistic vision and expand our skills with the newest digital darkroom tools. You won't be required to leap mountains or create masterpieces, but you will learn and have an opportunity to share your images in a welcoming environment.

Double eXposure
double eXposure a publication of photoworkshop

Emerald Photographic Society
Eugene, Oregons Photography Organization For Serious Amateurs. Emerald Photographic Society offers competitions, outings, technical seminars for color and BW Photographers. Serving Lane County since 1961. Eugene, Oregon photography club - Encouraging serious amateur photographers to make better photographs. Photography Club of Eugene Oregon - Encouraging serious amateur photographers to make better photographs.

Enchanted Lens Camera Club
The objective of the Enchanted Lens Camera Club is to provide enjoyment and knowledge of photography to its members through their participation and efforts in club activities Anyone interested in the practice of photography is eligible for membership.

F/Stops Camera Club
in San Fernando Valley, was founded in 1982 by a group of photo enthusiasts, who originally met at an evening basic photography class. Their intent was to continue expanding their interest and knowledge in the field of photography by sharing their work for critiquing, taking field trips and talking with professionals.

Gulf States Camera Club Council
This council is composed of camera clubs and photographic societies in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

Historic Camera Collector Club
Historic Camera is always interested in helping our members and guests enrich their lives through the learning of photography history. We are trying to grow to have more of a positive impact and are always willing to work with other organizations to establish common goals to help acheive new frontiers that are mutually beneficial.

Houston Photochrome Club
Founded in 1967, has a membership of approximately fifty people, most of whom are avid photographers. We are a diverse group of men and women of all ages and many races. Our one common denominator is that we enjoy learning and helping others to learn about our favorite subject: photography! We sponsor competition in the medium of color transparencies (slides); however, many of our members' interests extend to color and black & white prints as well as other areas of photography.

La Crosse Area Camera Club
We are a diverse group with a common interest: photography. Some of us shoot digital, some slides, some print film. We shoot nature, people, places, still life, abstract, and more. Some of us have sold photos, some had never shown our photos to others before joining. We have members who have been shooting for decades and some who are still learning to use their camera. Our members are young and old, male and female. We are a melting pot of photographers and we welcome you to join us.


Minneapolis Photographic Society
is a print club...both color and black and white...the only print club.We welcome visitors and new members from beginners to advanced photographers. Monthly meetings offer learning experiences, friendly competition and fun. We meet the first Monday of every month at the IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts, 2446 University Ave. W, Suite 100, St. Paul, MN., Telephone: 651-644-1912. There is a map and good directions on our MPS website. We invite you to check out our current newsletter, the MPS Enlarger. (Available on this website in .pdf format after the Club listing above) For current information or a copy of the current Newsletter,

 

United States of America

Minnesota Nature Photography Club
promotes the beauty of nature through slide photography where human elements are absent. The monthly meetings include a slide competition, judged by members and guest photographers, an educational program, and refreshments. Meets the third Wednesday evening in Bloomington. Approx. 100 members

Minnesota Valley Photography Club
amateur and professional photographers explore various aspects of photography through monthly competitions based on theme and open categories. Our Club alternates salon topics between prints one month to slides and digital the next month. Entries are critiqued. We currently have about 70 members whose interests include film, digital and slides.Experience ranges from beginner to pro. We meet the first Thursday evening at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave

Minnetonka Camera Club
is one of the first clubs in the Metro Area to add digital photography to its slide and print imaging medium. The Club provides a friendly and social setting to share interest in photography, opportunities to grow technically and artistically, and many other ways for members to explore the photographic medium. Minnetonka Camera Club has monthly competitions and members who choose to do so can compete with slides, prints, and digital images in several categories. The Club meets in Minnetonka at 7:00 pm on the first and third Thursdays of the month and has lectures, demonstrations, field trips and other activities.

Motor City Camera Club
The club meets every Monday, September through May, except for holidays. Meetings start at 8:00 P.M. at the Nativity Episcopal Church in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

Nevada Camera Club
Nevada Camera Club, located in Las Vegas, is a nonprofit membership organization providing photography lectures, workshops, demonstrations, field trips, competitions and exhibitions. NCC is a member of Photographic Society of America.

New York Color Slide Club
We meet the 1st and 3rd Friday, September thru June at OUR LADY OF PEACE CHURCH, 237 East 62nd Street, New York City

Northern California Council of Camera Clubs
N4C Northern California Council of Camera Clubs.

Pasadena Photochromer
Develop and enhance the photographic experience of our members through monthly meetings, competition, workshops and field trips -- and have a good time!

Photographic Society of America
We are a worldwide interactive organization for anyone interested in photography, be they casual or serious amateurs or professional photographers. We offer our individual, camera club, and council members a wide variety of activities: a monthly magazine, photo and digital competitions, study groups via mail and the internet, how-to programs, an annual conference and a raft of other activities and services.

Photograpic Guild of Nova Scotia
founded in 1947, helps foster and encourage the art and science of photography among our members and the public. With over 140 members, we are the largest photographic club in Atlantic Canada.

Ridgewood Camera Club
Established in 1937, Ridgewood Camera Club, the largest camera club in New Jersey, has been dedicated to the pursuit of photographic excellence for more than sixty years. The club provides activities for those who wish to share, learn or improve their photographic skills. Our membership represents all levels of photographer from beginner to advanced amateur and professional. Our goal is to increase our knowledge of photography, inspire one another in our photographic activities and, especially, to make new friends.

Santa Rosa Photographic Society
We are pleased that you are interested in the Santa Rosa Photographic Society (SRPS), a camera club for beginning through advanced amateurs. SRPS was founded in 1975 and serves Santa Rosa and Sonoma County. Our educational and competition meetings are designed to further members’ interest and ability in photography. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly, except November and December. The club is a member of and meets at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Avenue, in Santa Rosa.

Sioux City Camera Club
The aim of this club shall be: The mutual education and learning in the science and art of photography. To promote and encourage advancement of its members in the knowledge and practice of photography.

Southern California Council
The Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C), a nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of California, was founded in July 1939 with the purpose of developing and promoting cooperative solutions of organization, administration, growth, and support of the photographic art and education at a council level. Believing that photography is one of the more valuable means of communication with others and that photography knows no language barrier, the member clubs of S4C are banded together

Southwest Missouri Camera Club
Located in Springfield, Missouri, the Southwest Missouri Camera Club has been an active organization for a quarter of a century. Organized by a group of amateur and professional photography enthusiasts, the club has grown in membership through the years. Club members come from all walks of life, with varying degrees of photographic experience - from the novice to the professional and everything in between. The most important aspect of the organization is it's members. We learn from each other by sharing our photographic experiences and skills. Plus, it's just plain fun to share camaraderie with other photographers (who else will listen to you talk endlessly about f-stops and help you figure out why your last sure fire picture didn't quite turn out?). Club activities go on throughout the year and serve as a forum for the membership.

Syosset Camera Club
The Syosset Camera Club meets three Thursdays a month from September thru May at the Plainview/Old Bethpage Community Center, Haypath Road, in Old Bethpage. Our meetings generally get under way at 7:30 PM. We also meet for field trips every Sunday morning all year at the Celebrity Diner on Jericho Turnpike in Syosset. Most people come between 7:45 & 8 AM for breakfast. We leave the diner for our field trip between 8:30 and 9 AM.

Syracuse (NY) Camera Club
welcomes everyone who loves photography to join us for monthly workshops, competitions and slide shows. Established in 1886, the Syracuse Camera Club is one of the oldest photography organizations in the United States. The first members were all men, mostly in professional fields, interested in what was then a relatively new art form

The Photographic Federation of Long Island
is a voluntary non-profit organization of camera clubs from Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties dedicated to the enjoyment and advancement of photography.

Twin Citys Digital Imaging Group
Welcome to the creative world of Digital Imaging and Photography From realistic composites to experimental abstracts, our focus is creativity with a flare! TCdigi's goal is to expand members' knowledge of art, photography, computers and software techniques, by educational programs, seminars, and friendly competitions. We are a group of digital enthusiasts, both Windows and Macintosh based. The creation of each image is a very personal exercise using a variety of software and resources. Because we are a "learning" club, members willingly share their creative secrets with each other.

Western Wisconsin Photographic Club
is a small club of 15-25 members open to beginners or advance photographers. Competition in slides or prints, black and white and color. Meetings are at the Phipps Center For The Arts on the first Wednesday of the month for salon judging, and the third Wednesday of the month for a tutorial or photo assignment presentation.

Canada
Camera Club of Ottawa
Popular photography was still in its infancy when a group of enthusiasts formed the Camera Club of Ottawa in 1894. The organizers set as their objective "...to study and promote the art of photography in all its branches". Although it was a primitive art form at the time, club members soon gained competence and recognition in international salon competition. Today, we maintain that objective. We have a small gallery of our historical images of the Camera Club of Ottawa.

Kingston Photographic Club
The Kingston Photographic Society was formed in 1967 by a small group of photographers who wanted to get together to share ideas and discuss their mutual interest in photography. The club met in the City Park Building on Bagot Street for many years. A newsletter was produced to give members information on upcoming meetings. In January 1975, Dorothy Benson started writing a second page that she called Camera Capers. Her idea was to incorporate such things as "News and Views", "Helpful Hints", and activities of our members.

Montreal Camera Club
Montreal Camera Club

Photographic Historical Society of Canada
Photographic Historical Society of Canada. Serving camera collectors, image collectors and historians since 1974. Publishers of Photographic Canadiana. The Big One Photographic Fair, Annual Camera Auction. Monthly Meetings.

Regina Photo Club
The Regina Photo Club is a group of friendly people who are interested in photography. They vary in age from youth to seniors and skill levels from beginners to experienced and professional photographers. The purpose of the Club is to improve the members’ photographic skills by sharing ideas and experiences. Currently the Club has over 125 members.


South Africa

Krugersdorp Camera Club
Records show that the Krugersdorp Camera Club existed as early as 1931. A photograph was entered in a competition during 1931 under the name of Mr. Cecil Coath ... winning him the first prize! The club originally consisted of approximately five enthusiasts who met regularly in a small room behind the current E.J. Adcocks-building.

Europe

Blaende 96.
If you translate our name to English it means: Aperture 96. The number '96' indicates that the Club was founded in 1996. The Club is located in Holstebro which is in the Western part of Jutland in Denmark. We are a group of more or less experienced amateur photographers. We meet approximately twice a month in our Photo Club. We don’t consider the camera equipment to be that important - we look at the final pictures. That is why you don’t need to own hot new camera equipment to join us.

Club Giramondo
By now, you may be wondering just what CLUB GIRAMONDO is. Giramondo means "World Traveler" in Italian. It is a private club for those who have been having relationships between a Japanese and two Italian for the last decade

India

Chennai Camera Club India
We are at just born stage but having lots of plans to execute.

China

Chinese YMCA Photographic Society of Hong Kong

The Photographic Salon Exhibitors Association , Hong Kong S.A.R.

     
 

 

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