Centre for Contemporary Photography

The Centre for Contemporary Photography, in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, is a venue for the exhibition of contemporary photo-based totally arts, supplying a context for the leisure, training, know-how and appraisal of present day exercise. Established in 1986 as the Victorian Centre for Photography through representatives of the photographic community on recommendation of Bernie O’Regan who completed a observe of its feasibility in the preceding year, the VCP's first area was a shopfront on Rathdowne Street in Carlton, an internal suburb of Melbourne.

It became supported through investment from the Victorian Ministry for the Arts and from the Australia Council for the Arts and issued an irregular publication to individuals. The business enterprise advanced from a small network operation for local photographers to emerge as one among Melbourne's premier contemporary art areas. A important contribution changed into the survey exhibition and guide The Thousand Mile Stare which toured the kingdom thru 1988 to 1989. VCP moved to large quarters at 205 Johnston Street, Fitzroy and shortly after modified its name to Centre for Contemporary Photography inside the early 1990 to mirror its contemporary orientation.