Founded in 1919, the Hart House Camera Club (HHCC) is one of North America’s oldest student photography clubs.

In 1922, the HHCC held its First Annual Exhibition of Photography. Continuing to this day, the exhibition has become one of the longest-running photography contests in North America. The main motivation of the HHCC Annual Exhibition is to allow the members of the HHCC to show their creative work to a broader audience. To allow more diversity and a more comprehensive range of work, the annual exhibition has nine different categories, which have changed over the years. The categories include Film Prints (Mastery of Printing and Mastery of Execution), Portrait, People, Places, Nature, Altered Images, Campus Life and Photographic Essay categories.

HHCC embraces accessible and equal opportunities for learning by having the membership open to all with no prior experience or portfolio needed. HHCC’s mission is to help people understand photography as a powerful communication tool and help our members improve and deepen their photography skills by providing various programs including Photo Walks, Critical Salons, talks, presentations and workshops covering various darkroom processes.

Our Darkroom offers chemicals and tools for members to develop black-and-white film and create prints from negatives. Our Digital Suite is used for scanning negatives and photo editing. The suite has a high-resolution film scanner that can accommodate most negative types and access to Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Acrobat for image editing.

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Website: https://www.harthousecameraclub.ca/
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