Hi folks--After almost eleven years in Brooklyn, I'm moving back to Somerville, MA, in a couple of weeks. While our new apartment will be quite a bit bigger than our Brooklyn space, it may not be practical to have a complete darkroom setup there. So I wanted to know if anybody here has any experience with rental darkrooms in Boston. I haven't done any darkroom work in a long time, but I really want to get back into it.

hi there

i haven't lived in the ville for
close to 8 years ( union square ),
but the boston photo co-op
( in jamacia plain )
and nesop
( in kenmore square )
should still have darkrooms to use.

you might give ep levines a call,
they have rental studio space,
maybe they can give you a better
idea of comunity darkrooms.

john

the last time I was in Newtonville Camera (in Newton on Walnut St.), I think there was still a packet of brochures on a rental darkroom in Boston. They were back with the darkroom stuff, if that's what they were. You could try the Harvard extension school, Museum of Fine Art, and the Danforth Museum in Framingham to see if they have them or know of them. The Danforth does have a darkroom, but I don't know about renting it.

i used to live in somerville(Davis sq) and I used the boston photo co-op darkrroms a few times. very nice space to work in if they are still there.