HCC history
Founded in 1935, Houston Camera Club was a group of sixteen people who decided "To promote the knowledge of, and interest in, photography, especially to the advancement of the Pictorial phase thereof."
Originally a black & white print club, HCC has evolved with the art and technology of photography over the years. Kodachrome transparencies were all the rage in 1940, and by 1955 the club competitions included both prints and slides. In 1962 prints were dropped from competitions altogether, and HCC became a color slide club.
In 2000, the digital photography revolution hit HCC and a "digital division" was initiated to accomodate the particular interest of those using digital cameras. Eventually, that group began a digital print competition, and by 2005 the club's regular competitions were for both slides and prints.
By mid 2008, the use of film by club members had declined to the point that slides were dropped from competitions, and have been replaced by digital projected images.
The club remains through it all, though, about the art and science of photography, and the enjoyment of it all.