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Once Upon a Time in the DarkroomThe early photographic darkrooms - stifling, dimly lit, and fouled with chemical fumes - were not for the faint-hearted. Despite these difficulties, the darkroom process entranced generations of photographers. This talk tells the remarkable story of how, before modern-day health and safety approved darkrooms, photographers enjoyed watching each negative appear on the plate during its development and engaging with the images projected by the horizontal enlarger.
Through fascinating first-hand accounts and little-known images, we will explore how the magic of photography started in the darkroom, making commercial photography studios, dark tents in the field, photographic clubs and societies, and domestic-turned-photographic environments places of wonder.
Speaker: Dr Sara Dominici, Reader in Photographic History and Visual Culture (University of Westminster)
Image: “The Enlarger. Familiar Photographic Faces”, caricature published in Photographic News, 25 December 1903, p. 837.
Photography Social speakers are supported by the Blackpool Photography Champion. Photography champions is a national initiative led by photoworks, supported by public funding through Arts Council England's National Portfolio
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Important physical access info:
Please note that this session is upstairs. We are in the process of installing a lift, however due to unforeseen delays this is now due to be completed later in the year. The event space is up a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the activity.
If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) please let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790.
GETTING HERE
Tram & Train to Blackpool North Station
Bus: No 6 or 18 to Topping St., No 3, 3a, 5c, 6, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings), No 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7a, 14 to Talbot Rd
Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
28 Topping Street, FY1 3AQ, 28 Topping Street, Blackpool, FY1 3AQ, United Kingdom
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