BEECHWORTH Arts Council's Family Album which captures history once every decade over 50 years recalled a special time for Stanley’s Stephen Routledge.

The local photographer was one of four photographers featured in this year’s ‘Beechworth Family Album – Portraits of Creative Beechworth’ over five decades with each having a banner in the exhibition, while the photographer has a display of local creatives with portraits.

Mr Routledge had snapped the 2004 chapter of the Beechworth Family Album with the theme ‘Through the eyes of our youth.’

Six schools had participated in workshops with photographs taken of 20 school students in moments captured in time.

The project provided a visual insight for the community about the past and contemporary culture and environment of Beechworth and its surrounding district.

“I know some of these people quite well and some of them I haven't seen since I took the photographs,” Mr Routledge said.

The photographer applauded the Family Album’s continuity capturing the community.

“The way they have put this exhibition together is good and it's lovely to see a record of history about Beechworth kids," Mr Routledge said.

“You can tell everything in a picture, and you don’t need words.

"My favourite camera was a Minolta with some of the 2004 photographs taken with the camera while some were taken on a large format Cambo camera.

“It was good fun."

Mr Routledge said he has loved photography since he was a ten-year-old.