We all know what the digital revolution is doing to film photography. A hidden side-effect is the loss of social interaction between photographers as traditional darkrooms, once a common meeting place, start to close their doors. Will this have a detrimental effect on photography, as we all sit at home/in our offices, working on our own images but never seeing other photographer’s work? (found via Digital Photography Blog

“The communal print-washing pans and the color-printing setup at Latent Image “made it possible for you to see other people’s work,” Ms. Burstein said. “You could be fabulously inspired by it, or feel jealous when someone else printed very beautifully.”

Website: The New York Times - In a Digital Era, the Darkroom Is Fading as a Photographic Hub