Tray A / Developer01:45
STOPDrag tongs here
ELI MORAN · “LAST RIDE” · HP5+ / 35MM
0% densityPress Space on the print to agitate
Analog darkroom cooperative · Room 67
Come to the
red side.
Beneath a retired tram depot, silver keeps its own time. We share chemistry, enlargers, and the belief that an image should arrive slowly.
Put a print in the tray ↓
TRAY LOG / 10 JUL 2026
- Developer
- 20.1°C
- Dilution
- 1 + 9
- Next slot
- 00:40
Not a filter. Not instant.
A room where light is measured in breaths.
EST. 1987 / STILL WET
Wet bench / participatory lab
Make the latent
image appear.
Move your finger or cursor across each sheet. The developer blooms where you agitate it. Fix a ghost halfway—or lift it with the tongs and drop it into the stop bath.
- 01Expose12 sec
- 02Develop1:45–2:10
- 03Stop30 sec
- 04Fix2 min
- 05Wash32 min
Chemistry ready. Choose a tray.20.1°C / pH 10.4
Tray B / Developer02:10
STOPDrag tongs here
MINA VELEZ · “CROSSING, 2:13” · TRI-X / 50MM
0% densityPress Space on the print to agitate
Tray C / Developer01:55
STOPDrag tongs here
ROWAN PIKE · “HARBOURMASTER” · DELTA 100 / 6×7
0% densityPress Space on the print to agitate
Enlarger No. 4 / Durst 606
Find the light
between lights.
Dial an exposure and compare five steps on the test strip. Paper, chemistry, and indecision all have their own latitude.
NEG / 67–BD 0.92GRADE 2½
−2−10+1+2
A printable middle: shadows hold, lamp flare just contained.
01
If you open the door,
The red-light rule
If you open the door,
you owe the room a print.
Knock twice. Wait for “clear.” Enter through the light lock and close black behind black.
A sheet of fibre paper remembers less than a second of carelessness. So do twelve other photographers.
NO WHITE
LIGHT
UNTIL FIXED
LIGHT
UNTIL FIXED
Drying line / July selection
Made after
midnight.
Five members, one shared red bulb. Pinned wet on Thursday; discussed without mercy on Sunday.
Washed 32 min · selenium 1+19 · air driedWL / 01
Finished prints may be inspected. Throw the guarded switch to see the wall outside the safelight spectrum.
“In the dark, technique becomes touch.”— Leona Vass, founding member
The night shift is open
Bring one negative.
Leave with silver.
First-timers take the 90-minute tray induction. After that, members book by the enlarger, not by the hour.
Request an induction ↗- Open bench
- Thu—Sun, 18:00—03:00
- Induction
- Every Thursday, 19:30
- Location
- Sublevel 2, Old Tram Depot
67 Kessel Street - Monthly dues
- €34 + paper at cost