Contemporary Group
As a companion to the other WCC ‘Thursday Groups’, this informal group meets every month throughout the year.
The Contemporary Group offers an exciting opportunity to step outside the boundaries of conventional ‘club photography’ to discover alternative and new-found freedoms of expression. By encouraging the attitude that pictures are ‘about something’ rather than ‘of something’, the group seeks to promote a wide range of opportunities for personal artistic development and expression through examples of the genre, constructive review of members’ work, discussion, interpretation and the option of participating in group themes and projects.
Taking our broad direction from the RPS Contemporary Group, we copy that ethos herewith: "Photography that explores the photographer’s personal view of contemporary society, environment, art or culture, usually through a themed body of work".
Meetings are usually held on the first Thursday in the month currently via Zoom
The group is run by
The group publishes a PDF book after each each monthly meeting - click here or on the image below to see all the recent editions since March 2021. Earlier books are listed lower down on this page.
Our meeting this month adopted a slightly different format.
Our September meeting once again proved how consistent and richly imaginative our group continues to be.
It was refreshing to meet once again after our usual one-month break in July.
Our June meeting proved to be yet another ‘gem’ and a visual feast of images, imagination and interpretation.
It’s simply amazing how each month, the Contemporary Group produces such a wide range of very different and enjoyable photography. Here’s a brief résumé of our May meeting.
Despite the various edicts, conditions, rules and constraints of ‘lockdown’, CPG members continue to show opportunity and originality, whether through their current photography or retrospection.
Following this month’s CPG session several members have commented upon the variety and the creativity of the sets of work we enjoyed. Here’s a résumé.
Our well attended and lively February meeting proved to have many highlights.
Our January meeting once again affirmed the wonderful range of work and expression we enjoy in this group.
Our December meeting once again provided an insight into the depth and ability of our Group members to find meaningful subjects and interpretations drawn from the fascinating world about us.
Once again we enjoyed another splendid get-together via Zoom this month.
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