Photography Show Kicks Off Camden County College's 45th Year of Art Displays

Camden County College can proudly boast that it has been a champion of the arts for more than four decades.

Really, arts have played a key role in the curriculum and extracurricular activities at the community college since it was founded in 1967.

Camden County College will open a student exhibit—Flâneur: A Photographic Exhibition—on its Blackwood campus on Wednesday.

The exhibit, which runs through Sept. 30, will serve as the kickoff to the 45th consecutive year the school has presented art works by students, faculty and guest artists.

The Flâneur student photography exhibit will be housed in the Marlin Gallery. An artists' reception is scheduled for Sept. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Flâneur showcases the works of 11 Camden County College students. It explores photography through the roles of both observer and participant, according to the school.

Admission to Flâneur is free. Gallery hours are 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as well as by appointment.

To schedule an appointment or for further details about the show, contact Marlin Gallery director Therese Marlin by telephone at 856-227-7200 ext. 4201 or via e-mail at artgallery@camdencc.edu.

The Marlin Gallery is located inside Lincoln Hall.

"Flâneur" is French for "wanderer" or "stroller." Author Susan Sontag defined the word in her 1977 essay collection On Photography: “The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world ‘picturesque.’”

Pairing that definition with the idea of defining moments, students of instructor Ryann Casey were asked to evolve from merely seeing to fully observing in order to capture decisive moments in life. Camden County College photo lab technician Linda Klinger then assisted the students as they prepared their digital and silver gelatin prints for the exhibition, curated by Casey.