Darkrooms have been created and used since the inception of photography in the early 19th century.
Like the photogram, the chemigram is made without a camera, yet it is created in full light instead of in the darkness of the darkroom.
Hardman not only lost his wife, but his business partner, photographic companion and very skilful darkroom painter.
The residence is a fully furnished two-bedroom house with workstation and photo darkroom, plus there are two additional studio spaces.
The result is a very personal statement since it proceeds from the mind and the imagination in the isolation of the darkroom.
At the end of each day, he had to go into a darkroom, unload the film holders and load them with new film.
Another use for a darkroom is to load film in and out of cameras, development spools, or film holders, which requires complete darkness.
The former introduced him to the artistic possibilities of photography and darkroom techniques, and the latter was a fellow researcher in photo-printmaking.
