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Join us with @ilfordphoto and @filmforeverweekend on Saturday, 5/30, for a contact sheet workshop! Learn how to make beautiful contact sheets and take your physical prints home with you. Get your fingers in some chemistry in our red light darkroom 📍

Bring your b&w negatives for this workshop and be sure to sign up at link in bio. Also check out Ilford’s other film workshops around town all weekend!

Workshops will be taught by the super talented @emmabacker and @ilewando !! Don’t miss this opportunity to work with these artists 🔲🟥

#ilford #filmforeverweekend #filmforever

Join us with @ilfordphoto and @filmforeverweekend on Saturday, 5/30, for a contact sheet workshop! Learn how to make beautiful contact sheets and take your physical prints home with you. Get your fingers in some chemistry in our red light darkroom 📍

Bring your b&w negatives for this workshop and be sure to sign up at link in bio. Also check out Ilford’s other film workshops around town all weekend!

Workshops will be taught by the super talented @emmabacker and @ilewando !! Don’t miss this opportunity to work with these artists 🔲🟥

#ilford #filmforeverweekend #filmforever

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

We are very excited to announce our Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, Carolyne Loreé! (@__carolyne__ )

Thank you to everyone who applied this round, the applications have been incredible and we hope you will reapply for fall if you believe you will be a good fit here!

Carolyne Loreé Teston is a photographer and performance artist based in NYC.
Her work is anchored in a curiosity of our daily performances and what incentivizes them. A conversation of autonomy is present as she creates imagery that explores the construction of self, specifically in relation to power dynamics of gaze. She teaches a portrait photography workshop, PRISM, in Brooklyn, which centers the ethics of looking and relational exchange in image-making.

“I am a photographer and performance artist based in New York City. My work begins with a curiosity about our daily performances: the subtle negotiations, gestures, and self-presentations that shape how we move through the world. I use photography and performance to examine how the self is constructed, particularly in relation to the gaze and shifting power dynamics between subject and author.”

Please see more information about Carolyne and our Artist in Residence program at our link in bio.

Spot available in our 4 week color darkroom class! In this class we’ll cover making color contact sheets, color photograms, and beginner & intermediate printing techniques.

DM or email us to sign up for our April 1st date (class meets every weds for 4 weeks) - 1 spot left.

OR you can sign up for our May class dates on our website - 2 spots left.

More info at our link in bio!

#colorphotography #colordarkroom #darkroom #analogphotography #darkroomphotography

There is room in our Intro to B&W Darkroom 101 course coming up! This 6 week course will teach you the basics of working in a traditional black and white wet darkroom, complete with chemicals and red lights.

We will cover shooting with your film camera, developing your film into negatives, printing the negatives onto paper in a darkroom, and more advanced techniques. To deepen your b&w darkroom knowledge, sign up today 😎

More info at our link in bio.

Photo critiques are back at Gowanus Darkroom! Join us to chat about photography with a group of peers.

Make sure to sign up on our website if you’d like to come. See more details at our link in bio.

Next date for this is Friday, 3/6, at 6:30pm. Byob and snacks!

There’s still a few days left to apply for our artist in residency program 🖤 fill out our application on our website or link in bio!

#artistinresidence #artistresidency #darkroom #analog #ishootfilm

Closed tomorrow for weather 🌨️🍧🌨️ reopening Monday (we think!)

Open this weekend for anyone wanting to cozy up in the darkroom. 🍵

We even added a Black & White Intro to Darkroom Printing workshop for people wanting to take advantage of a quiet weekend!

Reminder we are closed the 24th-26th, and then the 29th-1st.

Happy holidays to our community! 🥰 see you in the darkroom

Happy holidays to our favorite community 💗
Make sure to get any holiday printing in before we close!

*We will remain open to all full access members as usual during the closure*

Have a warm holiday season and be kind to yourself/others 🎞️🎞️🎞️

learning how to process my own film @gowanusdarkroom 🌠 there’s something sacred about slowing down enough to understand every step. it changes the way you see your work.
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We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye

We are excited to announce our current artist in residence Victoria Moreno @ticovruum !

Born 2005 in East LA, Victoria Moreno is an analog focused fotographer, her goal is to expand her art to multimedia practices (film, analog, stop-motion) and experimental techniques involving Black and White medium. As a freelance and self-taught photographer who started her journey with a DSLR camera, she had a desire to capture moments through abstraction and color, researching practical effects to use as techniques for photography. More recently, this passion has changed to documenting people through 35mm/120mm lens.

We will be announcing Victoria’s community workshop in the next couple of weeks! Can’t wait to see what she can create in our darkroom. @chowsifye