How to Use darkroom in a Sentence
darkroom
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It was cut with a knife, copy in a darkroom and paste with wax.
— Jeff Manes, Post-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2017 -
But at night and on weekends, the darkroom sucked her in.
— Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 5 June 2019 -
The wine room doubles as a safe room, while the craft room could be used as a darkroom.
— Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2020 -
So here’s a simple point-and-shoot to recall the glamour of the darkroom.
— Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 12 June 2021 -
Vintage cameras sit on a shelf, and a cramped darkroom is just off the kitchen.
— David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024 -
Hours in a darkroom gave way to hours sifting through the thousands of photographs to find the best.
— Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2019 -
At the new house, Opie set up a darkroom in a spare bathroom, and, by babysitting for the family next door, saved enough to buy a 35-mm.
— Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017 -
The darkroom was a secret until Manal Al Dowayan found it.
— Grace Banks, Forbes, 27 May 2022 -
Two rooms, an office and a studio that includes James Strain’s darkroom, sit on the second floor above, along with a full bath.
— Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2018 -
You’ll be asked to step into a darkroom and develop a photo, or construct a map that seems to come alive.
— Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021 -
Even the old-school way of developing images in the darkroom was more involved.
— Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Inevitably, this self-contained world reflects the one beyond the darkroom.
— Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2018 -
With access to Loyola’s darkroom, his cousin taught them how to process and develop the photos.
— Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 7 Aug. 2020 -
Young Perna learned to develop and print his pictures in a home darkroom.
— Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022 -
Her family had moved into a rambling old house that had a darkroom in the basement.
— Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022 -
After taking the time to learn the process of using the darkroom, Zoe and her friend, Beni Marquez, came up with the idea of using her home’s bathroom to create one.
— Madysen Ollian-Williams, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022 -
The singer, who brought a camera with her on every tour, is shown developing prints in her home darkroom.
— Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2014 -
In the uncertain months that followed, Davis retreated to the darkroom that sits just outside his front door.
— Evangeline Barrosse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022 -
The tomb originally holding the KV55 cache became a darkroom, the entrance hung with a pair of heavy black curtains.
— Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022 -
Smith was tasked with sweeping up the studio and doing grunt work, but he was captivated by the darkroom.
— Leyla Shokoohe, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2022 -
There was something special about spending time in the darkroom and capturing moments in black and white.
— Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 12 Mar. 2018 -
His childhood home in Ringerike, Norway, had a darkroom where his father made his own photos, and right away, Berger was hooked.
— Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2017 -
His brother tried to turn it into a darkroom, but the humidity was so high, photo prints wouldn’t dry.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020 -
Lyons found healing in the darkroom, bringing images to life in trays of restorative chemicals.
— Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 17 Feb. 2020 -
Breuer added a studio and a small apartment with a darkroom to the house in the 1960s, to encourage Tamas’s interest in photography.
— Helen Stoilas, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023 -
The clip takes place in a photography darkroom, with glowing red light and prints developing in tubs of acid.
— Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2021 -
In the darkroom Muholi intensifies the black tones of their skin, so that the whites of their self-assertive eyes, gazing at the viewer, radiate in high contrast.
— Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 25 July 2019 -
Those early attempts were uneven at best, owing to our lack of technical skills both behind the camera and in the darkroom.
— Roy Inman, kansascity, 16 Oct. 2017 -
Although her time spent in a darkroom has ended with the advent of digital cameras, Rice hasn't lost her eye for what makes a good photo.
— Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 31 Jan. 2018 -
Apartheid rules forbid Black photographers from using the same darkrooms as White colleagues.
— Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
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