In the Bass Coast region, Gippsland photographers are the artists in control of the light.

What happens in 24 hours? People work and play, they laugh and cry - some fall in love, other have their hearts broken. Lives come to a close and new ones are born - all in the course of one turn of our planet.

24 Hours will explore lives throughout Gippsland, over the course of one day and night.

Through the collective work of photographers from across the region, we will have a rare insight into who we are as individuals and as a community. The photographic work will be beamed to us via the Creative Gippsland website and through images displayed in shopfronts, businesses and galleries within the Bass Coast area - Phillip Island, San Remo, Grantville, Wonthaggi and Inverloch.

Twelve photographic clubs across Gippsland - including young and emerging photographers - will be on assignment, capturing a slice of their 24 Hours on Sunday 17 April - and the selected 100 works will be on display 1-31 May.

The 24 Hours online gallery is now open. Click here to view. (But make your way to Bass Coast to see the images in the flesh).