Our Facilities 
Black & White Darkroom
• 11 workstations
• 4x5 Saunders enlargers with built in filter system (accommodate
up to 20"x24")
• 50, 75, 105, & 135mm lenses
• Compressed air inside the darkroom
• Tray processing
• Archival print washers
• RC print dryer
• Negative dryer
• Drying racks for fiber based paper
• Wheelchair accessible enlarger and wash sink
Digital Lab
• G5 and G4 Macintosh running os 10.4
• Digital video editing software, Final Cut Pro
• CS2 Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat pro
• Calibrated Monitors
• Compressed Airguns
• Dreamweaver
• Custom ICC Profiles
• Professional film scanner IMACON Flextight
• Microtek ScanMaker i900
• Minolta Dimage Scan Multi II
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Studio
• Copy stand
• Soft boxes
• Tripods
• Black and white backgrounds
• Lighting system
Color Darkroom
• 9 workstations
• Hope processor (takes up to 30" paper width)
• 4x5 Saunders enlargers
• 1 handicap access color darkroom
• 50, 75, 105, &135mm lenses
Finishing area
• Dry mount press
• Straight edge mat cutter
• Bevel mat cutter
• Paper cutters
• Light tables
• Large work area
• Personal lockers
Gallery
Light Work Gallery
• Four or five exhibitions per year featuring internationally
renowned artists
• Contact Sheet, one of
the longest-running art photography publications in the world,
serves as the gallery’s exhibition catalogue
• Second exhibition space in the hallway of the gallery
allows at least two exciting artists to exhibit at a time
• Community Darkrooms members automatically invited
to Light Work Gallery receptions
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the current exhibition at Light Work
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the Light Work publications
Member’s Gallery
• Located in Community Darkrooms
• All Community Darkrooms members eligible for exhibition
• If Member’s Gallery exhibition is running at
the time of a Light Work Gallery reception, high level of
exposure to Syracuse art community
• Opportunity to see what fellow members are working
on
Artist-in-residence
• Private digital lab with G4 workstation and scanner
• Private darkroom
• 24-hour access to Community Darkrooms facility
• Lodging in a fully furnished local apartment for the
month of residency
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more about the Light Work Artist-in-residence program |