By Jed Lanyon
Voting for the Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Bank’s annual calendar competition is underway as the Yarra Ranges community is invited to have their say on the best photographs taken by Upper Yarra residents.
The ninth annual calendar competition has moved to an online format and the local community has risen to the challenge of providing some beautiful images to go in the running to feature in next year’s Community Bank calendar.
The competition to capture the theme of ‘My Place, My Community’ has already received 118 entries from all ages with the youngest contributor being just eight years old.
All entrants are eligible to win a spot in the 2021 Community Bank calendar as guest judges Benno Poeder and Paul X Stoney will assist in selecting the twelve winning entries.
Netherlands born Mr Poeder studied art in Australia and moved to Warburton from Sydney, where he was an exhibiting photographer and teacher.
Mr Poeder has had solo exhibitions in the Yarra Valley of his paintings, graphic
work and photo images. Mr Poeder is currently building a photographic archive
called “personal typologies”.
Mr Stoney started photography at age 10, buying his first developing gear with
his paper round. His love of photography and in particular the technical aspects of film and darkroom printing has only grown.
He has exhibited in private galleries, the Ballarat International Foto Bienalle several
times, has had printing work displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and has taught all manner of darkroom and photographic techniques for years.
The online voting closes at midnight on Sunday 6 September.
Competition Winners will be announced on the Upper Yarra Community Enterprise
website www.upperyarra.net.au
To view the online exhibition and vote for your favourites visit:
