A free course gets your first roll developed at home. The four-week cohort takes you from exposure to a contact sheet.
Community darkroom · Durham, NC
Watch it come up in the tray.
Black and white film, developed and printed by hand. Classes for your first roll, benches for your hundredth.
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Six enlargers for 35mm and medium format, chemistry mixed and waiting. Book a three-hour bench or buy five.
Thursday nights the room is open and staffed. Pay at the door.
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Sat 24 Oct 2026 · 7:00 am ET
Photo walk: downtown at first light
Meet at Major the Bull, CCB Plaza, Durham
Meet at the bull at 7. One roll, ninety minutes, the warehouse district while the light is low. Any camera is fine, film or not. Coffee after.
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Wed 28 Oct 2026 · 7:30 pm ET
Negative clinic: live online
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Hold your negatives up to a window and to the camera. Tomás reads them live: thin or dense, exposure or development, and what to change on the next roll.
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Thu 29 Oct 2026 · 6:30 pm ET
Open darkroom night
Silver Room, Durham
Every Thursday the room is open and staffed. Develop a roll, make a contact sheet or just watch a print come up in the tray. Chemistry is mixed; bring film or…
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Thu 5 Nov 2026 · 6:30 pm ET
Open darkroom night
Silver Room, Durham
Every Thursday the room is open and staffed. Develop a roll, make a contact sheet or just watch a print come up in the tray. Chemistry is mixed; bring film or…
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Sun 8 Nov 2026 · 1:00 pm ET
Your first print: an afternoon at the enlarger
Silver Room, Durham (address on your ticket)
Bring one roll of developed black and white negatives. In four hours you make a contact sheet, pick a frame, run a test strip and take home two finished 8×10…
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Thu 12 Nov 2026 · 6:30 pm ET
Open darkroom night
Silver Room, Durham
Every Thursday the room is open and staffed. Develop a roll, make a contact sheet or just watch a print come up in the tray. Chemistry is mixed; bring film or…
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Thu 19 Nov 2026 · 6:30 pm ET
Open darkroom night
Silver Room, Durham
Every Thursday the room is open and staffed. Develop a roll, make a contact sheet or just watch a print come up in the tray. Chemistry is mixed; bring film or…
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Your place for Open darkroom night is held. A priced ticket is paid at the door. A confirmation with a calendar invite is on its way to your inbox.