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The new darkroom – located at Kensington and Chelsea College and initially only open to students – comes as film photography ‘makes a comeback’, according to college bosses.<\/p>\n

‘The photography department has a view to making it bookable to the public in future, although they don’t have a date for when that will happen,’ said a college spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The move comes amid what the college describes as a growing trend towards more film-based photography, allowing a ‘more organic approach with slightly less predictable results’. <\/p>\n

In a statement, the college says the worldwide surge has been boosted by ‘huge growth’ in the use of film-based Lomo cameras.<\/p>\n

‘For a younger generation who have only known digital photography, analogue photography is now “new” technology.<\/p>\n

‘While digital photography dominates the commercial and news-gathering end of photography, much fine-art and advertising photography is using film to create a different look.’<\/p>\n

Bruce Tanner, the college’s head of photography, added: ‘I designed this facility to make sure that we had a solid future for analogue photography in London. <\/p>\n

‘It has been designed from the ground up, with many years of experience in designing and working in darkrooms \u2013 you will enjoy being in it.’<\/p>\n

The college, which is based near King’s Road, is due to stage a free open evening on 6 November aimed at photography enthusiasts and professionals.<\/p>\n

Plans include using the darkroom as a base for new courses.<\/p>\n

Tanner continued: ‘Watching your first darkroom print appear in the developer under the dim red light is a moment you will never forget. Despite working mainly digitally, that magic has never left me.’<\/p>\n

The college points out that it is possible for digital photographers to have their images converted to film, to enable them to benefit from the production of high-quality, silver-based prints without the need to own a film camera.<\/p>\n

For details, call the college on 0207 573 3600 or visit www.kcc.ac.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n

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