The Camera Club of New York

NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2008) -- The Camera Club of New York (CCNY) will hold a silent auction of photography on Monday, November 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Calumet Photographic, located at 22 West 22nd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

For serious collectors and photo enthusiasts, the auction promises an impressive collection of work by established photographers such as Larry Fink, Saul Leiter, Henry Horenstein, and Mariette Pathy Allen; emerging photographers, such as Stuart O'Sullivan, Martine Fougeron, Amy Elkins, Eric Weeks, Chris McCaw, Joni Sternbach, Jen Davis and Lucas Foglia, as well as an array of vintage photographs.

A preview of auction images is available on CCNY's web site,
http://www.cameraclubny.org/auction2008

The auction is part of a fundraising initiative to meet the operating costs of CCNY's new space in The Arts Building at 336 West 37th Street, where the Club moved in 2007 after 20 years on Union Square, and also to support the Club's programs for photographers at all levels of proficiency.

One of New York's oldest arts organizations, The Camera Club of New York has a long tradition of welcoming both photographers and devotees of photography and encouraging their participation through membership, classes, lectures, exhibitions and the Darkroom Residency Program (the only year-round photo program of its kind in the city). Since its founding in 1884, the Club has nurtured many talented photographers whose careers cover a wide range of disciplines, including portraiture, photojournalism, fashion, street photography, advertising, documentary and fine art.