Exhibitions Archives - Inner Light Photographic Society

Art at the Cave – Aug 2026

Join Inner Light Photographic Society in celebrating 40 years in photography together. This exhibit celebrates what has been lost as well as what has been found over the years. Four decades has produced work with the help of the darkroom and the desktop. This collective body of work includes over 20 photographers, a media installation, vintage cameras to the smart phone. View the darkroom installation and walk through history as the medium changed and cameras progressed. Join us for the reception on Friday, August 7 from 5-9 and for the artist talk Saturday, August 15 from 1-2pm.

Look Up!

October 5 – November 19, 2021

Opening Reception Tuesday, October 5th, 5 – 8 pm

Look Up! at the Walters Cultural Arts Center is open:

Monday through Friday from 9 am – 4 pm.
First Tuesday Art Walks: 5 – 8 p.m. October 5th and November 2nd

The Walters Cultural Arts Center – 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro OR

Kicking off the Arts Month festivities on Tuesday, October 5th, a new photography exhibition by the Inner Light Photographic Society will be featured at the Walters. The Look Up! exhibition is in essence about seeing. Historically, photography was considered a trick, or sorcery. However, we have come a long way since the first photograph of 1825. Unlike then, almost everyone today has some type of camera. Selfies, snapshots, and temporary imagery has presented opportunities to see the world through diverse eyes. And even though we can all take photos; it takes a specific act to see what is beyond the lens, capture intention, emotion, and feeling of any given moment. Individual Inner Light members have unique ways of seeing, reflected in diverse imagery and media and a wide range of photographic styles. Focusing on ‘looking up’ rather than focusing down or inward on viewing devices like cell phones, artists have captured unique moments around the world.

Al Flory

Alan Mevis

Atsuko Kurogi

Cara Cottingham

Cheryle Easter

Christine Eagon

Claudia J. Howell

James Skates

Janelle R. Lee

Lorraine Richey

LG Freeland

Scott Weston

Timothy Horn

Toni Wise

Wendy Berreth

Disclaimer: Not all photographs on this website will be exhibited at Walters Gallery.

About Inner Light

Like darkroom magic, our group developed after a dozen college age photography students were exposed to the light of inspiration from master photographer Shedrich Williames, summer of 1986. We learned to Talk to the Sun in an outdoor workshop led by Shedrich. Our gear included B/W film cameras, tripods, and light meters. We learned to previsualize a composition, to see a range of light and shadow before clicking the shutter. After the workshop we gathered for a critique and conversation with Shedrich. With great enthusiasm we decided to continue to meet, discuss our photography, and put together a group show. Thirty-five years later we are like family. We have photo-savvy kids who have grown up in our creative midst. Monthly meetings and occasional group photo outings add to the richness of our shared experience and personal vision as artists.