Sometimes you want to see what other photographers are doing and what they have to say about your work and sometimes you don’t and those opportunities for feedback should arise organically based on people sharing a work space and slowly observing each others artistic evolution over a period of years, not weeks or months and certainly not in an environment where one person is being paid to “critique” another person's portfolio after just a few minutes of viewing.
I didn’t see a space in New York that was just a space you as an analog photographer could go and either work on your own work or just interact with other like minded people. Times were bleak in 2010 and I wanted to build a space where people could gather and figure out what our next steps needed to be to survive as artists and photographers. I also sensed a demand from my art school peers, a sort of sense of “What's next? Where do we go?” But also my desire for a space where I could work alongside people without necessarily working with or for those people. "I haven’t been without darkroom access for more than a year since." We spoke to Lucia about the journey, challenges, and services that the Bushwick Community Darkroom offers.
"That was basically the end of it for me," she says. At 12 years old, after taking an intro to Black White Photo Class, she was hooked. Lucia's own journey with analog started when she was around 5 years old with a 110 camera. What started with as a few trays and counters, became a DIY darkroom in a closet in the basement of a loft in 2011, and finally a fully serviced lab and studio in 2015 in a 4,000 squarefeet warehouse in Bushwick that today became a reference in New York's analog community. "I didn’t see a space in New York that was just a space you as an analog photographer could go and either work on your own work or just interact with other like minded people." It's been 10 years since Lucia and her boyfriend crowdfunded what later became the "Bushwick Community Darkroom". Necessity is the mother of invention, so when Lucia Rollow graduated from college looking for a space where the artistic community could gather and didn't find one, she simply created one. Violation of these policies is a disciplinary offense.Darkrooms and Film Labs: Bushwick Community Darkroom 10 Share Tweet All employees are expected to recognize these policies and cooperate with their implementation. It is the responsibility of each supervisor of the company to ensure affirmative implementation of these policies to avoid any discrimination in employment. The above-mentioned policies shall be periodically brought to the attention of senior staff and shall be appropriately administered. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.Īs part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, BCD will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority and historically marginalized group individuals are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.Įmployees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation or any type of retaliation because they have (1) filed a complaint (2) assisted or participated in an investigation, compliance review, hearing or any other activity related to the administration of any federal, state or local law requiring equal employment opportunity (3) opposed any act or practice made unlawful by any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity or (4) exercised any other legal right protected by federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity. This policy relates to all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. It is the policy of BCD to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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