Traditional Darkroom Photography: Hipsters in the Darkroom
In these digital days of Hipstamatic and Instagram, and any number of photography related apps, the world wide web is inundated with hipster shutterbugs and their galleries of enhanced, or filtered photos. So much so, that many people forget the traditional roots that these digital effects spawned from and the mastery so many still practice.
These analog professionals still practice their craft in the darkrooms far from the digital reaches of the app effected trends that tend to rule the social media scenes so many of us populate these days. Today we pay homage to those heroes of traditional photography, often mistaken for hipsters digitally capturing their days on their various mobile devices, with a showcase of art wrought from the darkroom trays and stop baths.
Enter the darkroom and see the amazing effects that these pros can wrangle that still rival their digital counterparts in spades. And stop by the resources gathered at the end for your own darkroom setup tips. Enjoy!
Enter the Darkroom
p a i n by wiersz
Solitaire by EvilxElf
They Grow Up So Fast by jierumi
Laria by
Towards the Without by xxlogre
No Name by assafezra
City Abstracted by Polazarus2
Lomo 8 by AnneSoLand
Chistoprudniy Bulvar by CorsoDomenic
The Church by DemonMathiel
Brolly by pahness
In Search of Avalon by mopho-to
Pinhole’s Yellow Points by BlackDennie
Moonland by pahness
Darien-Holga by Mayfair710
BCN Lomo by AnneSoLand
early waking by equivoque
Holga Twister by whitestar98
In The Rye by melkore314
BOWL by equivoque
pearls on skin by Finvara
i don’t know if i’m ready by kahoxworth
burning field by melkore314
lonely rabbit by kahoxworth
2 by theluckynine
Gloria in te Domine by darmodej
Play Me a Song by imveryconfused
I miss England by staged
romanticism by youreuglykbie
In the mist by filibree
Cloudy day by nocturnal0light
Doorway by mrabanal
You First by intao
A Fleeting Glimpse by intao
corner by s-t-r-a-n-g-e
148 by gonacas
keys by awaitingdawn
Coming Home by intao
Set Up Your Own Darkroom
Now that the pics have possibly pushed you into wanting to try a new hobby, there is a short selection of useful resources for setting up your own traditional photography darkroom below to fill you in on what you need to get the ball rolling.
- How To Set Up A Photography Darkroom – A 10 part video tutorial series
- Darkroom Supplies for Film Photography Printing
- The 10 steps to setting up a home darkroom (on a budget)
- A Simple Guide to Setting Up Your Own Photographic Darkroom
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Great collection!
I’m jealous on this kind of photographers, I always wanted to know how take a photo like one in the collection.
Buy a lomo camera, point it at something, press the shutter = bingo!
“Laria” is really cool. Love these images and the post, thank you!
Wow, those are some incredible images…and to think they were all generated through analog equipment. Just awesome.
Some really nice shots to get you inspired in this collection, thanks!
Really nice collection! There was a lot inspiring images!
You have got an amazing sence of taste and they pictures that are selected are simply awsome. Please can you post images of Rainbows and rain?
Glad that the post is inspiring, and opening some eyes to the amazing wonders analog professionals are still producing today. Thanks for all the comments.
Noupe Editorial Team
Great collection!
Beautiful photography.
Don’t be surprised if the image from traditional camera will be sharp and in good quality. Many of above shots are from toy cameras, not from proper traditional cameras (though I still like’em no matter what was used to get those shots). Traditional photography is not unsharp and dirty, it’s as good as the digital and the results could be very similar. It’s just different way to make photos.