Camera Club of the Philippines
Launches its 80th Year Anniversary
with Elements: Photoconstructed Realities Exhibit
The Camera Club of the Philippines launches its 80th year with a photo exhibit in the Ayala Museum from August 16 to August 29, 2007. Thereafter in September and October the exhibit will travel to several SM malls in Metro Manila.
Entitled “Elements,” the exhibit will show images of the four basic elements of nature: Earth, Wind, Fire,and Water, as seen and created through the lenses of members of the club. Photography is being revolutionized with the development of digital and multi-media technology. Thus, aside from traditional hanging frames, the exhibit will use high-definition LCD monitors to project the photographic images.
Partnering with the camera club in this endeavor is Philips Consumer Electronics, maker of high-definition LCD monitors and other cutting-edge audio-visual and other consumer electronics. Philips’ "Ambilight" series is positioned as the LCD that gives the ultimate cinematic experience. This format frees the exhibit from the limitations of physical space since screens can project an almost unlimited number of images and can provide the visitor not only with a purely visual but an audio-visual experience as well. The exhibit is expected to demonstrate, among other things, how rich in variety and beauty the visions of individual photographers can be in interpreting these four elements of nature.
The CCP recognizes the digital revolution that is happening in photography and this exhibit showcases the vast opportunities for art and creativity that is brought about by digital photography and imaging.
First established by eight gentlemen in Manila in 1928 and with an unbroken history since then except for the brief wartime disruption during the Japanese occupation, this club is the oldest continuing photographic society in the Philippines and probably in all of Asia. On August 19, 2007, the club completes its 79th year and starts its 80th, thus the exhibit. The opening of the exhibit to the general public during that week has been precisely timed to launch the club’s commemorative 80th year.
According to the current club president, Leo Riingen, the exhibit signals the Club's shift to digital photography. "The CCP recognizes the digital revolution that is happening in photography and this exhibit showcases the vast opportunities for art and creativity that are brought about by digital photography and imaging , Riingen said.
The club today lists over a hundred members who regularly attend club gatherings at least once a month at the Hotel Intercontinental Manila which has been home to its meetings for more than two decades now. The club members come from diverse backgrounds and sectors. Executives from private corporations and government mix here. There are lawyers, engineers, architects, doctors, accountants, business persons and employees that mix with professional photographers and artists. Members are male and female and are from all ages, from their twenties to retirees in their eighties. Two bonds hold them together: mutual friendship and a common passion for photography.
Some members, like Jaime Zobel de Ayala, Pancho Escaler, Emil Davocol, Bien Bautista, Quincy Castillo and many others, are well known photographers who have exhibited their work to the public here and abroad.
The exhibit is presented by Philips, the market leader in consumer electronics, and sponsored by SM Supermalls, Sunlife Financials, Canon, Sofitel, and CWC.
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