This fabulous refurbished 750 sq ft workshop is now ours. The first job will be to transform it into a darkroom where analogue enthusiasts will be able to print their own work.
"Film exists forever! It’s physical"
The Ultimate Femme Fatale?
Having made her name in the 60s with The Velvet Underground, Nico was in London as a solo performer in 1978. This image was taken while she was rehearsing in a flat near Darkroom and accompanied a Sounds interview in April 1978. A unique 10” x 8” printer's proof: Nico, Hampstead, 1978. Signed by Jill Furmanovsky. £100 Contact us for more details info@darkroomlondon.org
Ding Dong Darkroom!
We still have a few of these special T shirts produced for our crowdfunding campaign. Snap yours up now and support our darkroom project. Contact us for more details info@darkroomlondon.org
The C Words
Collectable, Christmas, Credwson! Darkroom is offering this highly desirable signed copy of Gregory Crewdson’s ‘Beneath the Roses’. Published by Abrams Books, U.S. (2008). This elegant, large-format volume presents all forty-eight photographic images that comprise Crewdson's series "Beneath the Roses". In addition to the cinematically sweeping series itself, there is a section of production stills, a full credits list of its cast and crew members, and an essay by Russell Banks. Signed by Gregory Crewdson. A snip at £150. For more info contact us info@darkroomlondon.org
The C Word
Looking for something different for that special person. Buy them this exquisite gift and support our darkroom project at the same time. Limited edition (1 of 3) 28 x 23 cm silver gelatin print: Japanese Brush. Signed by Verdi Yahooda. £200. For more details contact us info@darkroomlondon.org
The C Word
Continuing the Christmas gift theme... This set of six exquisite facsimile post cards from Verdi Yahooda's series 'Romilly's Tools: An Incomplete Set'. Get them for just £20 and you'll be supporting our darkroom project at the same time. Contact us for further details info@darkroomlondon.org
The C Word
Over the next month we will be offering unclaimed rewards from our recent crowdfunding campaign that we think will make fabulous Christmas presents. Get a fantastic gift for yourself, friends or family and help fund our Darkroom build.
First up is this fab set of six postcards of Phil Grey's rock shots. Classic live images of Blondie, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, The Clash, The Specials and Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders).
Message us at info@darkroomlondon.org and we'll explain how you can get your hands on a pack of these.
We Did It!
Our crowdfunding campaign has now closed and we are very pleased to announce that thanks to 157 wonderful supporters we exceeded our target and successfully raised £7915.
Now we've ticked that off the list, the next job is transforming this into Darkroom.
To all of you who donated, a mighty big thank-you!
One-off Crowdfunding Rewards
Our Crowdfunder campaign is now up and running. We have so many amazing rewards on offer in exchange for your financial pledge that we are unable to list them all there, so here are all the one-offs.
If you are interested in any of these items please contact us at info@darkroomlondon.org and let us know which one. We will get back to you explain how you can pledge for that reward.
There is only one of each of these, so it's first come, first served.
£50 Oasis merchandise (T shirt, programme and set of posters) – donated by Rock Archive + your name on our founders’ wall.
In 1997 Jill Furmanovsky, photographer and founder of Rock Archive, produced a touring exhibition of images she had taken over the previous three years chronicling the meteoric rise to superstardom of Manchester band Oasis. She has donated four signed posters (63 cm x 43 cm, a T shirt, a programme and 4 postcards produced for this show and long since unavailable. Something for the Oasis completist!
£200 Signed Copy of Stephen Shore’s ‘American Surfaces’. First edition. Published by Phaidon Press Limited, London (2005). Hardback.
Images from his 1972/73 American road-trip. "I was photographing almost every meal I ate, every person I met, every waiter or waitress who served me, every bed I slept in, every toilet I peed in. But also, I was photographing streets I was driving through, buildings I would see" (Stephen Shore). An absolute "must-have" title for Stephen Shore collectors. This immaculate copy has been kindly donated by Brett Rogers, Director Photographers’ Gallery.
If you are interested in any of the items please contact us at info@darkroomlondon.org and let us know which one. We will get back to you explain how you can pledge for that reward.