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Cyanotype Prints

The last year has been a blur so my mind is a bit scattered. I don't remember when I started making darkroom prints (I'm sure I can look through my posts but who

“Shuttered Secrets in Treviglio”

images created with bing -- pictures and "story" by Mario Marco Farinato Chapter 1: The Call Yesterday, the sun was sizzling like a griddle full of bacon,

Laborwochen 9.10. - 30.11. 2023

im Herbst wird's dunkel. Die beste Zeit fürs Fotolabor! Vom 9.10. bis 30.11. wird das Photolabo in Vollbetrieb sein, und das heißt auch, daß es vergünstigte

New at the Lab: Meteorette Film Processing Robot

I've restored and installed an amazing machine, the Meteorette 8012. This is a film processor using the dip and dunk processing method. But instead of standing in

Classic b/w repro

Photographing an A4 original. 100 x 125 cm print on fiber paper. Crucial finishing steps.

Trial and Error In The Bathroom Darkroom

Sleeping in is not my thing, especially when there are prints to be made. So at 530 this morning I was setting up my enlarger, ready to use the new kitchen timer

Printing Marlene Dietrich from an Original Negativ

Sometimes I really love being a Masterprinter. Look what I get to print:

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Kaneohe Nostalgia

Here are a series of photos I took when I was majoring in photography and living in Kaneohe on the island of Oahu. This was one of my favorite periods in life so

Concert night / Noche de concierto

Good night Hivers! This is my first post in this blog, hope not the last. The photo that I share with all of you was from a concert some time ago, the ambient was

The architecture of darkroom / 2

The architecture of darkroom is a project built through shadows, projections and reflections. The darkroom give back the possibility to feel and touch the photography.

Those Inbetween-Fine-Art-Printing Times

When working with bigger processors like my Colenta 66, ageing of chemistry always is an issue. More so as its tanks take 11l of each chemistry. The easiest remedy

Film Developement: Mafi Rotation

Quite an oldschool machine, almost steempunk. It does a great job of rotational developement up to 30°. I use it for both, b/w and c41.

Sustainability is Unnatural

Healthy organisms are life-giving, not just sustaining. Likewise, the world is super-abundant. These facts expose sustainability as an agenda for scarcity. It is

Un tuffo nel passato - A jump in the past

ITA sono sempre molto apprezzate le cose che appartengono al passato, come lo sviluppo fotografico in camera oscura! Ieri sera ho avuto l’opportunità di assistere

“Twin Towers” - iPhone art

Taken with an iPhone 6S, prepared in Darkroom for iOS

“View from a Bridge” iPhone art

Taken with an iPhone 6S. Prepared in Darkroom for iOS.

Hygiene 3.0

After much turmoil, I finished a new version of my book today. It pushes hygiene, the science of health, fully into position to reach everyone on Earth. It is the

Perfecting Darkness

Since I introduced myself some months ago, I got absorbed in improving both the method and componentry of hygienic darkroom retreating. A collaborator started a

Escape From The Dark Room At PAX

The Dark Room is the creation of Rhys Ifans lookalike, Australian-born, UK-based comedian Mr John Robertson. Originally a play based on 1980s text-based adventure