![]() ![]() ![]() I happen to know a Darkroom owner, some bar owners, and a record label all on this said block. Next summer, Bushwick Variety Show may throw a block party. I personally got to know Lucia during my Potion Collective days, she was a key player in me being able to pull off a block party, (which I would love to do again, maybe next summer, you're hearing it here first, people. I'm getting carried away with these show notes, but thinking about the work I've done with Lucia inspires me, so I hope this episode inspires you! Lucia also was one of the main organizers for Bushwick Open Studios a huge weekend long event that used to kick off summer for all of us Bushwick residents where we would all welcome the greater New York art world, and the greater world in general to our thriving artistic community. BCD offers 24/7 access to darkrooms, as well as color and black-and-white film processing, education programs, and gallery shows. “There’s a guy who comes to print sometimes,” she says, “and the first time he came he printed some images that he had also had done digitally just for the comparison and it was incredible to look at them next to each other because the silver prints had so much more depth and sharpness it was just incredible.Lucia Rollow is the founder/executive director of Bushwick Community Darkroom a thriving 3,000-square-foot warehouse in the heart of Brooklyn serving hundreds of customers each month. We are building a community resource for folks who are interested in black & white. With little publicity, the darkroom attracts three to seven customers a week who pay $10-$15 an hour for printing. The Bushwick Community Darkroom is dedicated to fostering the exploration of black & white photography. Rollow has found neighbors who are as passionate as she is about photography. “The steps are so simple and you can just create amazing beauty that it just blows my mind every time I get in there.” “The darkroom was the reason I fell in love with photography, just the idea that you could capture this image and replicate it and watch it appear seemingly out of nowhere is incredible,” she says. So why go into the darkroom when there’s an app for that? Hypstamatic even has a “lens” named Williamsburg. It’s even easy to make vintage looking photos using the popular Instagram or Hypstamatic iPhone apps. If you like the look of black and white photography you can do that digitally. Unable to find such a place, she set about creating one on her own. Rollow was looking for an affordable place to print with the sense of fellowship she had felt in school. The vending machine, located right outside of the Bushwick Community Darkroom, has been welcomed by film photographers who have faced the similar predicament of low-accessibility to photo supplies. There are other darkrooms in New York City, but these are mostly for professionals, and the price, not to mention the people, can be intimidating. She was recently approved for fiscal sponsorship, and her goal is to get a much larger space with room for a gallery and an area for people to hang out while they wait for their prints to dry. She used Kickstarter, an online funding platform, and a friend gave her the enlarger. She did get the capital and supplies to start the darkroom through the community, though. In February, before we knew COVID-19 as intimately as we do now, I left New York City (and its vanity and luster) for Southern Marylands. There’s little room for community here, Rollow admits. This week we are featuring the work of Taj Reed. Inside her unit she’s set up the Bushwick Community Darkroom. Photoville + SONYA Studio Stroll Connects Artists From Around The World. Lucia Rollow, a recent college graduate, recently purchased one, but she’s not storing winter clothes or old yearbooks in there. Organized by SHIM Art Network in conjunction with Jill Krutick Fine Art, with the Bushwick Community Darkroom Show Dates. In the basement of a modern apartment building set among Bushwick’s industrial buildings and new restaurants, there’s a row of nondescript storage units. (Photo: Gloria Dawson / The Brooklyn Ink) Lucia Rollow in the Bushwick Community Darkroom. ![]()
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