Maui is a photographer’s paradise, from sunrises at the summit of Haleakala, to sunsets at the soft sand beaches. Whether your niche is landscape, nature, underwater, stars, florals, macro, portraits, or Hawaiian culture, there’s something for everyone.
The annual Photo Salon at the Maui Fair will be sponsored again this year by the Maui Camera Club. MCC is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization, established in 1936, and remains the oldest active camera club west of the Rockies. Besides sponsoring the Photo Salon, the Club offers monthly meetings, classes, and outings.
Each year, nearly 100 Maui County shutterbugs enter close to 400 photographs for judging in three Divisions (Student, Open, and Expert), and within three Categories in each Division (color, monochrome, and photo art). Competition is challenging because the quality of the work is so high. The MCC invites three highly-respected professional island photographers to judge the entries, resulting in First, Second, and Third Place images (plus three Honorable Mentions) in each of the nine Division/Categories.
Following judging, every entry gets ‘hung’ on the Photo Salon wall of the War Memorial Gym for the duration of the Fair. It’s a lot of work for the volunteers who help the Camera Club with everything from registration to pickup to hanging and takedown, but the beautiful display makes it worthwhile.
Join us again at the Fair this year to see the wonderful work of Maui’s camera artists. It’s one exhibit you won’t want to miss!
Photographers: enter online, at MauiCameraClub.com, between September 1-23, 2019.
Click here to download the Photo Salon Packet (Rules, Entry Form, Waiver).
Mahalo to Camera Club members on our Fair committee: Dave Schoonover, Jeanna Thacker, Michael Mack, June Ono, Randy Sherman, Chris Wyatt, Carl Yoshihara, and Charlene Yoshizu. Thanks also to Picture It Framed for supporting our work.
For information, please visit the MCC website: MauiCameraClub.com. For questions, please email: mauifairphotosalon@gmail.com.