Patience........grasshopper(s)

**Vaughn** · 31-Mar-2013, 10:06

Well, I volunteered as a lab assistant at the same darkroom for 14 years (4 years as a student, and 10 years by taking 1 unit of independent study to have darkroom access) and then I have worked as the lab technician there for the past 22 years.

But, alas, all good things must come to an end. We have had a take-over in the photo area by a new instructor who does not see the value of the darkroom, or more accurately, sees a route to control and power through diminishing those connected to the darkroom and pushing her digital agenda. So it goes. It has been a most interesting and rewarding run. We'll see how much longer I can hang on. And there is a possibility that I can teach a couple of photo classes at the local community college.

**Kirk Gittings** · 31-Mar-2013, 10:12

That sucks but it is the ongoing tsunami. At both SAIC and SFUAD they either have or are shortly getting rid of their color darkrooms in favor of inkjet and only b&w survives.

**Tin Can** · 31-Mar-2013, 10:28

Thanks Leigh,

Best suggestion so far...

I am not new to film, but new to LF and returning to film.

My pet peeve is searching forums, finding old stories with no explanations, except for broken links!

Repetition is necessary, no matter how boring.

We need a WIKI.