darkroom

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dark·room | \ ˈdärk-ˌrüm

, -ˌru̇m \

Definition of darkroom

: a room with no light or with a safelight for developing light-sensitive photographic materials

Examples of darkroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So here’s a simple point-and-shoot to recall the glamour of the darkroom. — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 12 June 2021 At the same time, the photographer Willie Ford Jr. assembled a darkroom using scrap materials from local businesses. — Melissa Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2021 The clip takes place in a photography darkroom, with glowing red light and prints developing in tubs of acid. — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2021 Bey’s photographs, after all, are knowing inventions, the product of darkroom trickery. — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021 The community has a gallery, a meeting space, an art library, a photography workshop and darkroom, and a computer graphics workshop. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021 Instead, Katrina took the camp and everything in it, including all my darkroom gear and a small box of negatives from early in this project. — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2021 Their meeting led to a scholarship to the Design Laboratory for Mr. Fernandez and a job running the darkroom at the Parsons School of Design. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021 At the time, Wilkins was kicking off the nonprofit organization which hosts exhibitions and offers educational programs and affordable darkroom access for local photographers. — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2021

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