February 12, 2024 – March 04 2024, Dreams of Nature by Kathryn Moore

Open to the Public on Mondays, February 12, 26 and March 04, 2024 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Note: Closed for Family Day, February 19.

Kathryn Moore, the Toronto Camera Club's president, joined the club in 2013 and is one of our most dedicated volunteers. Kathryn's work always stands out in our creative competitions, thanks to the unique blend of genuine creativity and her noble-minded and caring personality. Through her photographic art she shows the beauty of nature, highlighting environmental issues and showing the consequences of human actions with the hope of engaging viewers on an emotional level and motivate them to look after and preserve nature. Kathryn has always had a love of nature and spent hours as a child and as an adult, wandering the woods, exploring ponds and streams with her camera while being fascinated by everything that lives in the wild.

Iskouhee Kirakosyan, Powell Gallery Curator,

Dates: October 14 - November 03, 2024

Stanley Shoolman, one of our most dedicated volunteers, not only takes care of all the new club members as the Buddy Program Chair but is also a member of the Board for the second round. He joined the club in 2011. Interestingly, he had already been a member in 1980, shortly after immigrating to Canada from South Africa, and won an award for his very first entry to the Salon. Unfortunately for the club, he was too busy establishing himself in a new country and had to postpone his membership for almost three decades.

Stanley became fascinated with photography at the age of thirteen and started his first darkroom. He confesses that recording people and their lives, from very different backgrounds to his own and often filled with many hardships, seemed to draw his interest more than other genres of photography. Perhaps it is the sense of fulfillment he gets when a connection is made with complete strangers from different worlds and trust is established. When opportunities, available light, and photographic technology combine to produce an image that touches the emotions of the viewer, it continues to feed his passion without reserve.

Iskouhee Kirakosyan, Powell Gallery Curator,

March 11 - April 01, 2024. Time Expressions and Abstract Flowers by Gulnur Sener

Open to the Public on Mondays, March 11 from 4:00 to 7:00 and March 18, 25 and April 01, 2024 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. 

Gulnur Sener joined the TCC Club in 2018 and soon became an active volunteer, assisting with the Powell Gallery and Inspirational Images Nights and curating the club's 3D Galleries, introducing a digital exhibition format in 2020 during the Covid lockdown. 

Over the last five years we have enjoyed seeing Gulnur’s exquisite images during our club competitions, filled with beauty, taste and wit. As a fine art photographer, Gulnur’s passion is to create abstract imagery, with digitally enhanced photos and exploring ICM, close-ups, and monochrome photography. Inspiration strikes from discovering geometric elements in architecture and nature, capturing reflections and shadows. 

These collections of her images include "Time Expressions" embodied into visuals while “Abstract Flowers” seem to float in a timeless space as if frozen in a moment.  "Time Expressions" delves into moments fading and patterns repeating, fostering awareness of individual paces of time. Viewers are invited to guess the time expression before reading titles, prompting self-reflection on their relationship with time. In the 'Abstract Flowers' series, Gulnur transports us to a timeless realm, freezing moments to reveal nature's delicate beauty in an altered reality. These images evoke emotions, dreams, and imagination, encouraging viewers to reflect on their connection with time and the natural world.

Iskouhee Kirakosyan, Powell Gallery Curator,

April 06 - April 29, 2024. Hidden Beauty and Emerging Perspectives by Pat Zuest

Open to the Public on Mondays, April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm  and on April 6, 13, 20 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.

Note that the Powell Gallery will also be accessible for people who have purchased tickets to our Public Presentation on April 25, 26, 27 and 28. For details on the Public Presentation, click here.

Pat Zuest has been a member of the Toronto Camera Club for thirty years. Her images set an unparalleled standard within our club,captivating the viewer not only as visual delights but also serving as aspirational benchmarks.

Pat has been a certified judge for over 20 years, and among the numerous panels of judges she stands out as possessing both stronganalytic skills and deep experience in the artistic nuances and technical intricacies of photography.

Having begun photography in the 1990s as an underwater and nature photographer, this print show will feature her recent explorations in abstract and impressionism in photo based art along with some favourites from her international travels and home bases in both BC and Ontario. 

Iskouhee Kirakosyan, Powell Gallery Curator,