Local camera aims wide with international exhibit

BANGOR – Members of the Eastern Maine Camera Club have every right to think they’re something special.

EMCC is the only organization in the New England Camera Council to have sister clubs outside the United States, and the only one to hold an International Slide Exhibition.

The group will hold its second international exhibition at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at Bangor Public Library.

More than 250 slides will be displayed, contributed by:

. Eastern Maine Camera Club, Bangor;

. Photoclub Midtfyn, Denmark;

. Drogheda Photographic Society, Ireland;

. Nova Scotia Photographic Guild, Halifax.

The program is open to members of the public, whether they are photographers themselves or not.

The first international slide exhibition involved a tour, with slides from the Bangor group included in displays that were put on in Denmark and Ireland, as well as Bangor.

Slides displayed in the Oct. 23 program will be in two categories:

. Local Scenes.

. Competition Winners.

Refreshments will be served.

The Eastern Maine Camera Club offers a varied schedule of activities, which are open to the public.

Some of the well-known photographers who have given programs locally for EMCC in recent years include the late Bill Silliker Jr., Len Rue Jr., Bruce Burnham, Bangor Daily News photojournalist Gabor Degre, Terrell Lester, Dick Towle and Ed Elvidge.

For more information, contact Diana Porter, president of the Eastern Maine Camera Club, at 942-4004.