Hello, Fellow N4C Members,
Welcome to the 2025-2026 N4C competition year!
The N4C Camera Club has always been a vibrant community of
photographers, ranging from beginners to seasoned pros. Our diverse backgrounds
and experiences enrich our club and create a supportive environment where we can
learn from one another. I believe that through collaboration, we can elevate our
skills, explore new techniques, and inspire each other to push our creative
boundaries.
Let’s make this a memorable year filled with creativity, growth,
and, of course, award winning photographs! Please reach out with any comments or
questions to me directly.
Your 2025-2026 President,
Jennifer Tigges, Dubuque Camera Club
History
The "NORTH CENTRAL CAMERA CLUB COUNCIL” had
its inception almost simultaneously in the minds of three men Robert H.
Cochran, M.D., APSA. Omaha, E, Curtis Lugg, Sioux Falls, and Francis A.
Kingsbury, Ponca and Sioux City.
Fate decided that their paths should cross in the Spring of 1955, these three
men sat on the front porch of the Kingsbury home in Ponca Nebraska where their
vision gave birth to the North Central Council of Camera Clubs. From their idea
that evening a tentative organization, created May 30, 1955, combined members of
seven Camera Clubs located in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota. and South Dakota.
Summer, Fall, and Winter Seasons were spent in organizational creation of many
of the services still available from the "N-4-C", as the infant was nicknamed.
Meeting at the Joslyn Memorial Art Museum in Omaha, January 22, 1956, resulted
in adopting a Constitution, and in electing the temporary officers to their
permanent positions.
The First Convention, held in Sioux City, lowa, with Francis A. Kingsbury as
General Chairman gave the 123 delegates from the 20 member Clubs such excellent
programs that it is difficult to uphold tradition in the subsequent Conventions,
The now famous "N 4 C, “Where Names become Faces and Faces become Friends" was
originated during this gathering by Francis Kingsbury. The original officers
were re-elected to complete their assignment to build an active and lasting N-4
C.
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