Who we are ?
Himalayan Camera Club (HCC) is a FIP (Federation of Indian Photography) recognized photography Club which strives to deal with the creative, documentary and aesthetic aspect of photography. The main aim of the organization is to foster photography among people who have a creative inclination and to help finding a parallel way of living other than that of living life as treading on the trodden path.
The Club was established on 12th January 2009 with a very few photo enthusiasts. Chandrani Mondal was nominated as the first president and Subrata Kar was chosen as the secretary of the organization. In the same year the club received recognition from FIP (Federation of Indian Photography), recognition no. is CM-000685. Each of the members put their maximum contribution towards the development of the club and made it a well-recognized place to pursue photography.
In 2010 HCC organized its first-ever salon of photography in association with Photographic Association of Coochbehar and Alipurduar Photographic Club. Encouragement and constant support from photo lovers made the bonding strong and slowly the club started expanding its activities by giving everyone an opportunity to test their photography skill and the passion for demonstrating the art of photography. In 2011 Himalayan Camera Club organized yet another photography salon under FIP. And Instead of projected images digitally it was done as Print Salon. Although it was a hazardous task with only a few members then, but was managed successfully.
Our Activities
The club thrives on activity-based programs of varied nature. We meet every Saturday evening and the meetings start at 6:30pm. We review photographs by the club members, analyse them by our mutual knowledge-sharing basis and discuss other issues as per the proceedings of the weekly agenda. And on Sundays (early mornings or evenings) we step out to capture different aspects of life and nature in and around us.
CAMCORNER is a photography magazine developed by Himalayas Camera Club where Mr. Debasish Roy (previous club President) contributed a lot towards the development of the magazine from its inception. The result of the CAMCORNER photography contest is organized for the club members is published in the magazine where others are also allowed to share photo stories. Nowadays, the CAMCORNER contest is shifted to the online platform with the intention to capture wider audiences.
Every year Himalayan Camera Club organize appealing photography contest to celebrate World Photography Day (WPD) in a great manner.
The Club organizes photography workshops, photo walks, various talks and debates on Photography matters to keep up the momentum of Photography in an eventful manner throughout the year.
