The Hermanus Photographic Society celebrated its 25th anniversary in style with an exhibition showcasing 46 professionally curated images from 17 club photographers. The well-attended opening evening on 15 June 2022 paved the way for a successful event as part of the annual Hermanus FynArts festival. More than 450 visitors graced the pop-up gallery over a period of four days. Many voted for their favourite three images while others left highly supportive comments in the guest book.
Overall, scenic and contemporary images attracted the most attention while viewers generally found colour images more appealing than monochrome. The most popular image was ‘Colourful curves’, a contemporary portrayal of Walker Bay waves, by Phil Sturgess. ‘Revealing the rich tones of winter’ by Carina de Klerk and ‘Daily catch’ by Hestie das Neves were neck to neck in the vote for most popular images.
A virtual gallery with all the images and overviews of the photographers are available online
A total of 489 votes was cast. Scenic images followed by contemporary was by far more popular compared to nature or photo journalism. The next club meeting is on 6 July at 19h00 at the NG Kerk Hermanus in Main Street. Visitors are welcome at the event.
| Image name | Photographer | Total score |
| Colourful curves | Phil Sturgess | 41 |
| Revealing the rich tones of winter | Carina de Klerk | 32 |
| Daily catch | Hestie Das Neves | 30 |
| Taking a nap | Rene Dewar | 27 |
| Morning has broken | Phil Sturgess | 23 |
| Glowing Overberg fields | Phil Sturgess | 22 |
| Some or other cactus | Linda Kotzenberg | 19 |
| Cape Buffalo at Waterhole | David Wilson | 19 |
| The Desolate Jetty | Crighton Klassen | 18 |
| Vuurvinkie | Charles Naude | 17 |
| Sunset Table Mountain | Crighton Klassen | 17 |
| Bookworm | David Wilson | 16 |
| Standing guard | Hestie Das Neves | 13 |
| African skies | Carina de Klerk | 12 |
| Facing a Tough Life | Charles Naude | 12 |
| Fishing in the Rain | Charles Naude | 11 |
| Dead Vlei sculptures | Phil Sturgess | 11 |
| Tierboskat | Charles Naude | 11 |
| Interference | Daniel Reddie | 10 |
| Will I make it | Elizma Fourie | 10 |
| Cascades | Carina de Klerk | 9 |
| Liquescent | Daniel Reddie | 9 |
| Is this the hanging tree | Sheron Pretorius | 9 |
| Valpairiso grafitti | Linda Kotzenberg | 9 |
| Standing proud | Hestie das Neves | 8 |
| Beautiful display | Ingrid Grundlingh | 7 |
| Taking a rest | Robyn Simmons | 6 |
| Just another Franskraal Sunset | Rene Pretorius | 6 |
| Macro magic | Ingrid Grundlingh | 6 |
| Camaraderie | Daniel Reddie | 5 |
| BoKaap Lines | Marié Botes | 5 |
| Eye of the beast | Elizma Fourie | 5 |
| Waking up | Elizma Fourie | 5 |
| An early morning walk | David Wilson | 4 |
| Take me to your leader | Daniel Reddie | 4 |
| Bo-Kaap blue and white steps | Kobus Botes | 3 |
| Contemporary look at the top of the stairs | Daniel Reddie | 3 |
| Im too sexy for this pic | Peter Jacquire | 3 |
| And with a swing of the hips | Robyn Simmons | 2 |
| Drinking Together | Rene Pretorius | 2 |
| Giraffe against horizon | Elizma Fourie | 2 |
| Kalon Ensemble | David Wilson | 2 |
| The Soliost | Rene Dewar | 2 |
| Dusty Kgalagadi Sunrise | Marié Botes | 1 |
| Striking Strelitzia Pose | Rene Dewar | 1 |
| Sandy Landing | Charles Naude | 0 |