Welcome to the “Kentucky Renaissance,” a Celebration of the Lexington Camera Club

Photo: Van Deren Coke, Thou Shalt Not Steal, 1963. Gelatin silver print, 6 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (15.4 x 21 cm). The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Throughout the twentieth century, camera clubs flourished in cities around the nation, bringing together people from all walks of life that shared…