Our Facilities
Black & White Darkroom
- 11 workstations
- 4x5 Saunders enlargers with built in filter system (accommodate up to 20"x24")
- 50, 75, 105, & 135mm lenses
- Compressed air inside the darkroom
- Tray processing
- Archival print washers
- RC print dryer
- Negative dryer
- Ventilated toning area
- Drying racks for fiber based paper
- Wheelchair accessible enlarger and wash sink
Digital Lab
- G5 Macintosh running OS10.4/10.5
- Digital video editing software, Final Cut Pro
- CS3 Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Premiere, After Effects
- Calibrated Monitors
- Compressed Airguns
- Dreamweaver
- Custom ICC Profiles
- Professional film scanner IMACON Flextight
- Microtek ScanMaker i900
- Epson 4800 printer (17"wide)
» Learn more about our digital services...
Studio
- Copy stand
- Soft boxes
- Tripods
- Reflectors
- Black and white backgrounds
- Lighting system
Color Darkroom
- 9 workstations
- 4x5 Saunders enlargers
- 50, 75, 105, &135mm lenses
- Hope processor (takes up to 30" paper width)
- 1 handicap access color darkroom
Finishing area
- Dry mount press
- Straight edge mat cutter
- Bevel mat cutter
- Paper cutters
- Light tables
- Large work area
- Personal lockers
Gallery
Light Work Gallery
- Four or five exhibitions per year featuring internationally renowned artists
- Contact Sheet, one of the longest-running art photography publications in the world, serves as the gallery’s exhibition catalogue
- Second exhibition space in the hallway of the gallery allows at least two exciting artists to exhibit at a time
- Community Darkrooms members automatically invited to Light Work Gallery receptions
» See the current exhibition at Light Work
» See the Light Work publications
Member’s Gallery
- Located in Community Darkrooms
- All Community Darkrooms members eligible for exhibition
- If Member’s Gallery exhibition is running at the time of a Light Work Gallery reception, high level of exposure to Syracuse art community
- Opportunity to see what fellow members are working on
Artist-in-residence
- Private digital lab with G5 workstation and an IMACON scanner
- Private darkroom
- 24-hour access to Community Darkrooms facility
- Lodging in a fully furnished local apartment for the month of residency
- Light Work AIR program information
