My camera club opened our summer exhibition at the Clarke Foley Community Hub in Ilkley. We have for several years been able to use Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley but this year, for various reasons including the Bradford City of Culture 2025 events, we were unable to hold it there. It is very difficult to find good exhibition space around Ilkley, so we were grateful to secure this community centre, though it isn't ideal. On the opening day, there was a wellbeing fair that took up most of the space in most of the rooms so that you couldn't actually get close to the prints to view them and some were even hidden by advertising banners! It was a shame. It wasn't even easy to get decent photos of the displays.
Never mind, the busyness of the centre means more people will get to see them without making a special effort, and I don't suppose the rooms will be as crowded every day as they were on the opening day. There's a nice little café too. There are over 120 prints on display (six of them mine) from 23 club members. It's always good to see our work printed and hung, and we have some excellent photographers in the club.
All of my featured pictures have been shown on this blog at some point but for ease of viewing, here are five of them:
The exhibition runs until 21 June but, for anyone thinking of going, I'd advise checking what's on in the Centre before committing, as some rooms may not be accessible due to groups taking place.
Your work looks wonderful. Too bad about the location though.
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ReplyDeleteYour photos deserve to be in many exhibitions, they are wonderful.
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