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Portraits are now separated into Environmental and Formal. Architecture has been generalized to "Person Made".

CSMA Exhibition

Palo Alto Camera Club Spring Exhibition, Mar 2-29, Community School of Music & Arts (CSMA)

The Best of the Palo Alto Camera Club Exhibit was displayed in the Forest Gallery at the Pacific Art League through the month of October, 2019

All PACC field trips have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

Field trip organized by Richard Mirabella

Field trip organized by Richard Mirabella

Voted 'Best Tour of the Bay Area', the Alcatraz Night Tour provided club members an intimate, engaging Alcatraz Island experience.

Field trip organized by Richard Mirabella

Field trip organized by Richard Mirabella

Images by Elaine Heron have been selected by PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont for their Quiet Landscapes exhibit.

An image by PACC member Nadine Levin has been selected for inclusion in the Letters, Numbers and Symbols exhibition at the Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center in Minneapolis.

Image by Chris Stevens-Yu Selected by Leica Fotografie International

Images by PACC members Vardan Aroustamian, Ken Fowkes, and Wright Schickli were selected for past, current, and future exhibitions at the Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center in Minneapolis.

Nadine's image appears in the January 2021 "Memories in Artifacts" online exhibit by Analog Forever Magazine

Image by Chris Stevens-Yu Selected by the Monochrome Awards

Three images by PACC member Romain Curutchet have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 Chromatic Awards Annual Book.

Image by Barbara Davidson is included in PAL’s 99th Anniversary Show

Nadine Levin’s image at Auburn Art Gallery’s Black & White Exhibit

Image by Jim Colton Appears in the Washington Post

Portraits by Elaine Heron Are Published in Shadow & Light Magazine

Images by PACC members Judy Kramer and Steve Shpall are among the artists participating in the Gallery House August & September exhibition.

Image, created by Jim Colton and Mira Zaslove, of the Palo Alto BLM mural will be used as a poster

PACC member Peter Paluzzi’s image, Columnar basalt of Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland, has been selected to appear in the 2021 Calendar published by the Geological Society of America (GSA).

PACC member Elaine Heron’s image, Cages for People Photographing Polar Bears, has been selected for the Center for Photographic Arts (CPA) Members’ 2020 Juried Exhibition in Carmel.

PACC member Jennifer Fraser’s image from Myanmar, Timing is All, is the October image for the AARP Foundation’s 2020 calendar. The theme of this year’s calendar is New Discoveries. The mission of the Foundation is to end senior poverty, and the annual calendar is a gift to donors.

PACC Member Ken Fowkes has been awarded 1st place in the Abstract/Adult category of the 2020 Peninsula Photo Contest for his image, Pondside.

Ken says: Pondside was taken with a quick upward flick of a long lens. Camera motion has blended the plants growing at a pond’s edge with the light reflecting from its surface. Details are erased, inviting us to explore the scene through color, shape, and texture.

An exhibition of images by PACC member Jim Colton, Distant Lands, will be on display at the Los Altos Hills Town Center.

The EcoCenter on Embarcadero Road will present an exhibition, Baylands and Beyond – Natural Northern California, comprising photographs by PACC member Chris Stevens-Yu.

Two images by PACC member Elaine Heron have been included in the 2020 Single Image Issue of Black & White Magazine.

Two images by PACC member Bob Henderson are displayed in the Sunnyvale Photographic Club's exhibit of about 24 images on display at the Sunnyvale Library.

Images by PACC members Barbara Davidson and Judy Kramer will be shown in the Pacific Art League's 98th Anniversary Exhibition.

Black and White Portfolios, the current exhibition at Gallery House, presents work of PACC members Judy Kramer and Steven Shpall, as well as that of Dan McLean.

Nadine's image was recognized by editors as favorite in the Cities category for week 7 of National Geographic Travel Contest

Member Sterling Haidt's print, Abstraction, will be shown in the Pacific Art League's June exhibition, Abstraction and Watercolor.

Five of the prints included in the exhibition were from four members of PACC - Nadine Levin, Mark Gerow, Laurie Naiman, and Jim Colton (2).

Images by members Nadine Levin and Elaine Heron accepted by the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel

Member Judy Doherty’s print, “Crepuscular Rays Over the Maroon Snowmasse” to be featured in the American Photographic Artist’s “Top 100 Something Personal” Exhibition in San Francisco

Prints by PACC members Judy Kramer and Diana O'Keefe Brady have been accepted into the Pacific Art League's First Annual Artist Showcase (2018).

Cover Image and Recipe by PACC Member Judy Doherty Published in Caviar Affair Magazine

Images by members Peter Paluzzi and Ken Fowkes accepted in the 2018 International Juried Exhibition of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel

Prints by members Diana Brady, Elaine Heron and Peter Paluzzi accepted for exhibit in the 2018 Salon at The Triton Museum of Art

Prints by PACC members Peter Paluzzi and Judy Kramer accepted into the Pacific Art League’s 97th Anniversary Exhibition

Image by David Coleman among top three in 2018 SLAC Photowalk Competition

Print by member Diana Brady accepted in juried exhibit at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center

Member Suszi Lurie McFadden of Fuzzy Beastie Photography has been recognized as “Best Dog Photographer — South Bay/Peninsula” for 2018

Prints by Diana O’Keefe Brady and Duane Thorpe Shown in PAL’s August 2018 Exhibition

Member Elaine Heron has a print in the Black and White Exhibit at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont

Images by PACC Club members Nadine Levin and Elaine Heron have been accepted for exhibit at the prestigious Center for Photography Arts in Carmel.

This juried annual exhibit will include Nadine Levin's " Laundry Day in Japanese Village" and Elaine Heron's "Partners Dreaming of the Next Hunt."

Prints by Member Judy Kramer Will Be Shown in the Pacific Art League’s July 2018 Exhibition

Print by Member Diana Brady on Exhibit at the Los Altos History Museum

Prints by PACC members Peche Turner and Nadine Levin accepted into juried art show at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center

Member Nadine Levin’s print accepted in juried exhibit at the San Francisco Art Institute

Prints by 4 PACC members among 22 winners in the 2018 SF Peninsula Photo Contest

Member Franz Gisin’s Photos are on Display at the Saratoga Library

A print by PACC Member Judy Kramer was accepted into the Pacific Art League’s April/May Show “Abstraction”

Elaine’s print was accepted in the curated exhibition entitled ‘Myths, Legends and Dreams’ at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont

The exhibit was titled "Works on Paper'.

Rinconada library will be exhibiting twelve images from six PACC members for the month of January.