Kanta.Studio Darkroom– a basic photography darkroom serving as a platform for workshops, and training. Transferring on technical knowledge with hands-on experience, and providing accessibility to the specialised equipment & craft of printing. 

Darkroom printing has always been an important part of Jeffrey Lim’s art practise. His first encounter with the hand-printed image was in art school in 2002, learning with the most basic enlarger and makeshift darkroom. It formed the basis for his methods to this art form, with the most basic of equipment, an image can be printed masterfully into a photograph. 

However darkroom equipment have become such a rarity and the practise of silver gelatin prints are now considered a historical process. At Kanta.Studio, Jeff has been salvaging, restoring and refurbishing the collection of old darkroom equipment, amounting up to eight enlargers with additional apparatus. 

Some of the darkroom processes for workshops are: developing Black & White film negatives, making straight prints, intermediate to advance editing- on contrast, Zoning, Split-Grading, Print Mapping for dodging and burning, creative, experimental & alternative / hacking methods. Workshops are available by appointment only, currently three modules have been drawn up although the darkroom studio is still under construction. However special request might be accepted. *BW prints can be made from colour negatives as well.