The Dream

The Engine Room will be a place where photographers can come and have access to equipment and facilities that will support their development in analogue photography.  Initially it will be a small affair with a few photographers hopefully feeling comfortable enough to work there and making donations to cover the running costs.  I do not intend to run workshops for the next few years. 

The darkroom will be equipped with Chromega and De-vere enlargers up to 5x7 (10x8 if I can negotiate with a place I know that has an unused one).  I already have six enlargers to equip it.  The wet side will include Jobo and Wilkinson processors for C41, E6 and RA4 plus of course black and white.  I will also have equipment for historical processes from wet collodion through to cyanotype.

The studio will be equipped with large format equipment from 5x4 through to 10x12 with limited flash and constant source.  The studio will be primarily aimed at historical processes. 

The gallery.  When not in use the studio will also be a gallery giving emerging photographers a opportunity to exhibit.  To aid them I have been building up a stock of frames, but we recently discovered quite a few have suffered water damage!

There will also be a mounting area and I will be moving all of my books there.

I have spent the past few years building up a stock of equipment to make this dream happen – I just needed the push from a couple of good friends.