Darkroom is a strikingly prescient visual survey of London’s last remaining professional darkrooms, as photographed by Richard Nicholson. Partially driven by Richard’s own “nostalgia for a dying craft”, the project was completed over a three year period and shot on large format 4"x5" sheet film. Obsolete, analog media capturing obsolete, analog objects.
Photo: “Mark Foxwell, Primary” by Richard Nicholson
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Looking at those brings back the smell of the chemicals. Darkrooms always felt strange with the lights on. I wish there was a way to capture the smell and feel of being in there in the dark. Sad.
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I like the organized-chaos of most of these darkrooms. It's hard to be a neat-freak in the dark.
Like line-cameras and film-writers, once very expensive hardware becomes recyclable. We can mourn the loss of soul as technology advances, but can also inhale a chemical-free breath of air. Another compromise.
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