The Sustainable Darkroom

Developing photos with coffee, peppermint or spices? Yes, it´s possible and we want to show you how. Working in the darkroom is fascinating. As if by magic, the images emerge from the developer liquid in red light. This actually only works with chemicals that have to be disposed of as hazardous waste afterwards, right? In this workshop, we want to take a completely different approach and mix and use our own photo chemicals from naturally degradable, common household and often even edible substances to develop our self-exposed films and make prints in the darkroom.  Participants are invited to give free rein to their exploratory spirit and take home a very special one-off at the end.

Laura Braun is a freelance photographer. She studied art and design at Central St Martins College and photography and sociology at Goldsmiths College in London. She works both editorially and commercially and her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2011 she founded the photobook publisher Paper Tigers Books.

Alina Simmelbauer is a freelance photographer and media educator based in Berlin. She studied photography at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle and at ISA Instituto Superior de Arte Havana, Cuba. In 2020 she completed the master class at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie Berlin under the direction of Prof. Ute Mahler and Ingo Taubhorn. In her artistic work, she focuses on the examination of identity and family. She received project funding from the Kulturstiftung Thüringen for her current project García's Daughter.