Champaign County Camera Club

The club was founded in November, 1935, on the campus of the University of Illinois as the Photon Camera Club.  After several name changes, it became known as the Champaign County Camera Club. At the Club's inception, the primary medium of work, presentations and competitions was black and white photography, with members doing all of their own lab work -- development of negatives and printing of photographs -- often in their own darkrooms.  It was not until 1950 that color slides became a feature of the Club's work.  Until the mid-1990's, the Club retained the requirement that any prints exhibited had to be the work of the exhibitor.  This was not too arduous for black and white work, but with the more narrow latitude required in doing color lab work, this rule was finally repealed in the late 1990's to allow prints to be printed commercially.  The Club now also allows prints to have been made using any available digital techniques, and digital photography has become the main medium of photography for the Club's members. 

For those persons interested in the early days of the Club, the Urbana Free Library's Archives has an abundance of materials.

Club meetings cover a variety of topics including educational presentations, photo sharing and much more. Each year the Club has a variety of club competitions with the categories varying from year to year.  Most of these are digital image competitions, with one print competition.  The Club also has a competition each May with members of the KodaRoamers Camera Club and twice a year with the Central Illinois Camera Clubs Association (CICCA) of which the club was a charter member in 1950.

You can also follow the CCCC on Facebook and Instagram linked below.