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Watch a short introduction to our 2025/26 project for the Albany Bicentenary.

CLUB ACTIVITIES

What's on? No outings during term break, some activities will continue

Tuesdays End of term 3 - 25/09

Thursdays Term 4 starts 14 & 16/10

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THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY BANK

The Albany Community Bank is once again providing funding for ACE projects. The grant of $5,000 will be used to support our Remarkable Everyday Project.

Thankyou to the Community Bank for their ongoing and valuable support of local events.

THE ALL ABILITIES BALL

The inaugural All Abilities Ball was held on Saturday the 4th of October at the Retravision Stadium in Albany and what an amazing event it turned out to be.

This was the culmination of a huge amount of hard work and outstanding organisation by Brian and Caroll Appleby (below right) who recognised the need to provide an opportunity for people living with disability to have a very special night of their own to 'glam up'and hit the red carpet.

THANKS TO RIO TINTO AND THE CITY OF ALBANY

Through our collaboration with profession photographer Astrid Volzke, we are working on a story-telling project that provides a voice for people living with disability.

Our intention has been to make a contribution to the 2026 Albany Bicentenary event by allowing them to be involved in creating audio/visual presentations of their lives, their ambitions and very importantly, giving them an opportunity to be included in this important community celebration.

Rio Tinto has provided us with funding for the initial program which involved creating AV stories of their hobbies and interests.

Funding for step 2 can now commence with further story creation and training in how to produce their own media.

This is extremely important in providing opportunities for skill development, being recognised as being an integral part of our community and slowly but surely breaking down barriers.

Phase 2 is much more ambitious and includes implementing the skills learnt in steps 1 and 2 to actively engage with the wider community in supporting the bicentenary event throughout 2026.

Support for the disability community unlocks tremendous potential in creating opportunities for people who have some amazing talents given the opportunity.

Thanks to the City of Albany and Rio Tinto for their valuable support.

THE TECHNOLOGY TIME MACHINE

Technology moves in waves, the 90's saw the move from film to digital and now we're in the beginnings of the AI revolution.

If you were around before the 90's you'd most likely be familiar with the need to set your camera manually to get good results.

Then came automation and increasing complexity to satisfy the obsession on sharpness.

In the process we may have lost sight of the need for content.

Is 80's and 90's technology set to make a comeback? A growing number of photographers are choosing to go back to the days of more hands-on photography and a lot of younger people are discovering the joys of analogue photography.

What's the big attraction? Making photos and video that concentrate more on content rather than technical perfection, giving images a more artistic 'feel' to them and being 'in the moment' with your passion.

Old school photography can be a bit soft, a little bit wobbly and have those characteristic analogue quirks but on the plus side you can enjoy not obsessing with all the things the industry says we need to judge our work by. Just enjoy creating something that pleases you and if other like it, that's a bonus.

The Then and Now Photography Exhibition at the Museum

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ACE is delighted to support the Museum of the Great Southern's exhibition that will be showcasing historic images of early Albany on a huge 180-degree screen.

We will be supporting the exhibition by providing a range of cameras from the era.

The opening of this exhibition will take place on the 11th of December 2025 and be open to the public for six months.

ACE has been actively collecting cameras and equipment that represent an important part of our photographic heritage, many of which may have endded up as landfill. We've heard many sad stories of valuable items that should have been saved so that future generations are able to appreciate and even use these wonderful old cameras.