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Today, all four ladies work out of their newly opened studio, where they keep film photography alive with professional printing equipment and cryogenic storage tanks for old cameras. Meanwhile, photographers Vanessa Gill and Cheryl Arent were working on a communal-darkroom venture similar to Lucia's, and in 2012 the duos joined forces to crowdsource funding for a real studio space. As Lucia told Gloria Dawson of The Brooklyn Ink, “The darkroom was the reason I fell in love with photography, just the idea that you could capture this image and replicate it and watch it appear seemingly out of nowhere is incredible.” The two share a passion for old-school photo printing, despite the availability of apps that impart vintage effects digitally. Allison Putnam was among the influx of regular visitors, and she eventually became Lucia's cohort in the communal photography effort.

Unable to tolerate solitary confinement for long, Lucia opened it up to other photographers and dubbed the space Bushwick Community Darkroom. So she began her own operation in a storage unit in the basement of an apartment building. Guests should call to reserve a spot on the schedule and ask whether developing images would be damaged by a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt.Īfter graduating from college, Lucia Rollow started looking for a place to print her photos in New York, only to be put off by expensive and snobbish darkrooms. Students hone their new skills on the space’s equipment, which includes a 35mm negative carrier and seven drying shelves, to conjure color-free photos from blank sheets of paper. During a three-hour workshop, instructors lead shutterbugs through a step-by-step demonstration of the process of developing black-and-white film or the creation of several prints.

For $35, you get two three-hour tutorials on developing prints from black-and-white film (a $90 value).įor more than a year, the film photographers at Bushwick Community Darkroom have helped aspiring print artists transform rolls of negatives into frame-worthy art with expert tutorials and processing services.

For $19, you get a three-hour tutorial on developing prints from black-and-white film (a $45 value).Express yourself with today’s Groupon to Bushwick Community Darkroom in Brooklyn.

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