Primary Analogue Darkroom

IMA 123

This recently built/renovated Darkroom was designed to promote class and peer supported printing. The accessible and collective approach to this lab supports student projects with 14 independent enlarging stations, custom dimmable LED safelights, a B&W RC paper processing machine, a 4×5 film processing machine, a light-tight film loading room (with filtered compressed air), a large sink for tray processing, and chemicals to support standard darkroom printing and film processing.

Attributes

Darkroom

Student Access Groups

The following programs:

Documentary Media, Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management, Photography Media Arts

In the following years:

1st Year, 2nd Year, 3rd Year, 4th Year, Graduate

Booking Process

This space can be booked through the Image Arts WebCheckout Centre.

Required Action

Undergrad & Grad Photography students with appropriate classroom training from an instructor,  completion of a safety orientation, and WHMIS.

Other Information

Capacity: 15 people

More Images

  • An empty photography darkroom featuring rows of individual enlarger workstations along the perimeter and a long stainless steel wet-processing counter with sinks and faucets in the center.
  • An operational photography darkroom featuring a long stainless steel developing sink in the foreground, with multiple enlarger stations lined against the back wall, and safety equipment visible on the right wall.
  • Six individual darkroom printing stations, each equipped with a photographic enlarger, paper safe, and timer, used for analog photo development.
  • An analog photography darkroom bathed in glowing red safelight, featuring several enlarger stations on the left and a central stainless steel processing sink.
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