About

Our Mission

Camera of the Month Club fosters a creative and supportive space for emerging to mid-career photographers to share their work, receive critical feedback, and develop their portfolios. The collective promotes diversity within photography as well as the visibility of its members.

Who we are

Camera of the Month Club (CMC) is unique gathering of dedicated photographers from across NYC, who are as passionate about experimenting with different cameras as they are about shooting compelling photos. Members cultivate and sharpen their skills, vision, and talent through digital and analog photography. 

Today, the Camera of the Month Club holds a consistent membership of over 30 photographers, comprised of a range of experience levels and genres of photography. The Club’s members shoot with their cameras daily, maintain active Instagram accounts, and participate in photo related activities and events together. Each member brings a unique passion to the group; whether a love for medium format cameras, developing film in makeshift darkrooms, Polaroid film, or creating haunting imagery with Photoshop. CMC has hosted eight group photo shows to date, and continues to produce a group show annually or bi-annually.

CMC Roots

Photography can be a particularly solitary endeavor, which prompted Brooklyn-based photographer Erica Reade to found the Club in 2014 and formalize it into an official organization. Reade and founding members Mark Beckenbach, Marko Jokic, Huguette Ampudia, Salvador Espinoza and Kim Preston collaborated to formalize an official Board of Directors, using their combined experience and expertise, to develop a structure and environment to provide members with encouragement, guidance and constructive criticism. 

Today, CMC’s Directors include: Erica Reade, Carlos Juarbe, Taranita Costales, Ashton Gooding, and Charlie Lederer.