ABSTRACT

The Darkroom Handbook, Second Edition, is a completely revised and updated version of a classic guide to the best design, construction, and equipment to use when setting up a darkroom.

This book features ideas and money-saving tips on how to put a darkroom almost anywhere in your home or apartment. It takes you inside darkrooms of photographers around the world including those of famous photographers such as, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Berenice Abbott, and W. Eugene Smith. In addition, it contains detailed do-it-yourself plans for the most essential darkroom components, cutouts and design grids to plan that "dream" darkroom, and special sections on the color darkroom and the digital darkroom.

chapter 1|10 pages

Darkrooms of the Famous

chapter 2|10 pages

Darkrooms Around the World

chapter 3|12 pages

Ideas for Placement

chapter 4|18 pages

Designing the Room

chapter 5|36 pages

Building the Room

chapter 6|28 pages

Building the Inside

chapter 7|22 pages

Processing Equipment

chapter 8|18 pages

Enlarging Equipment

chapter 9|12 pages

The Color Darkroom

chapter 10|10 pages

Print Finishing

chapter 11|8 pages

The Digital Darkroom