Traditional Photography Services
PhotoArts Imaging’s experienced staff have worked in the traditional darkrooms for decades. We have processed B&W and color films of all sizes, speeds, & types for amateurs and professionals. Our lab has processed sheet films and created archival processed fiber-base black & white silver gelatin prints for the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) of the NPS for photographers from across the country.
Testing HABS Sheet Film contact prints
We have made exhibition prints for artists in several states, and continue to print for photographers who want exceptional quality and stability in their prints. We also offer toning of the prints to create the vision of the photographer in a stable image. This ranges from archival stabilizing with no color change, to the subtle tonal shifts from warm to cool or cool to warm, to strong shifts of varying sepia or polytonal work.
The darkroom services are for the individual, museum or archive client that wants a display replica for their home or for travel on a loan. PhotoArts Imaging conservators are able to digitally restore an image,
B&W 16×20 Fiber base print taken from holding bath to archival final wash
create a film negative for printing a B&W photograph on a variety of silver gelatin papers with a variety of surface qualities and sheens. We can closely replicate the original printed image for display in your home or for traveling exhibitions or loans for museums or archives.
If you want to know more about PhotoArts’ traditional photography services, please explore our pages on film processing and printing. You can contact us about helping you create that special vision for your work.