Long Meadow #2, 2010 by Joseph O. Holmes*

Posting will be low volume around here through the new year as we head home to celebrate the holidays with our family + friends. Thank you for another fantastic year of stunning images, thoughtful commentary, your support of Hey, Hot Shot! and your constant engagement, excitement and readership.

We look forward to another year of fabulous photography in 2011!

*Joe's solo exhibition, The Urban Wilderness is on view at Jen Bekman Gallery till January 23rd, 2011 so if you're in NYC, be sure to see his show!

A State of Silence by 2010 Bright Spark Award Recipient Indre Serpytyte

The deadline for Flash Forward, the 7th iteration of The Magenta Foundation's annual Emerging Photographers exchange is right around the corner. Photographers of all levels residing in Canada, the US or UK, aged 34 or under, may submit work by December 31, 2010.

Presented by the Canada-based non-profit, Flash Forward will award one Bright Spark Award winner a cash prize of $5,000. This person along with runners-up will have their work published in a high-quality catalogue and will be featured in a touring exhibition. For those unfamiliar with the Foundation, here's a bit more about their mission:

The Magenta Foundation is a charitable arts publishing house, the first of its kind in Canada. It fills the very specific niche of establishing a place for Canadian artists in the international arts community, and it provides a vehicle for galleries to join forces and promote the work of Canadian artists internationally through the publication of books and exhibitions. Magenta will bring the photographic community together and work in tandem with key players to help bring increased recognition to Canadians through U.S. and international representation. Magenta intends to set the standard for community collaboration and partner with other organizations to create the domestic and international presence Canadians need to succeed.

Hop over to the Magenta Foundation's site to read their guidelines, submission procedures and all the fine print, along with their impressive roster of judges for this year's competition.

Many of us stood outside from about a half past 1:00 a.m. until near sunrise (EST) to watch the Earth's shadow pass over the moon in a lunar eclipse that was fortuitously synchronized with the longest night of the year, the winter solstice. Naturally, the celestial event was well documented; here is just a glimpse at the gorgeous-ness that transpired.

Photo by nmraider on Flickr

Photo by jrzablah on Flickr

Photo by jcasarini on Flickr

Photo by mattdonders on Flickr

Photo by gschotel on Flickr

You can see more photos on flickr, on Wired's blog, Night Sky Live and a time lapse taken from Gainesville, Florida on Vimeo.

Dickens & Jones / Changing Room #2 by Michael Bodiam

La Pura Vida just released their list of the Top 15 Photography Websites of 2010 and we are delighted to see our name on their shortlist. The honor added us to the ranks with flickr, tumblr, Wired Magazine's Raw File, The New Yorker's Photo Booth, Daylight Magazine and a group of other amazing websites that we are proud to be in the company of.

In his thoughtful summation of HHS!, La Pura Vida Founder & Editor Bryan Formhals writes,

Photography contests can be a contentious topic but that's not why I'm putting Hey, Hot Shot! on the list. What I find interesting and think they excel at is writing about photographers. During their competitions they highlight the contenders on their blog and through intelligent writing they're able to describe why you should dig deeper into the work. Mixing business with artistic sensibility is a monumental challenge. Jen Bekman pulls it off without apologies. In fact, she coined one of my favorite quotes of the year: "If everyone likes what you're doing, then you're doing something wrong."

Thank you to the photographers who provide us with compelling and thoughtful work to write about, our readers that inspires us, and everyone else who helps make HHS! happen. Here's to an even better 2011 where most (but not everyone) likes what HHS! has to say.

Swimming Team from Chu Zhang's family album, Anonymous (June)

Hot Shots Yijun (Pixy) Liao and Zhijie Sui have launched a couple of 2011 calendars based on one of the most popular concepts in China's online lexicon. Deemed Harmonic and Harmonious Society, both calendars take different approaches to mirroring China's desire to build a peaceful societal image in the future.

Zhijie Sui, who goes by the online moniker Taca Sui, curated the images in Harmonic with his typical mastery of tonal scale. The calendar leads viewers on a month by month journey through the urban and rural environments of China, creating a quiet sort of commentary on the theme of hopeful harmony through existing infrastructures and dramatic texture.

Harmonious Society, curated by Liao, conveys a similar idea, but instead of picturing emotive environments and buildings in varying states of disrepair, this calendar reflects what co-collaborator Lan Xu calls a "Chinese-style harmony [that unveils a] wild, unique optimism."

A cat atop an indoor pile of rocks (March) reveals a kind of quirky sense of achievement, while people riding on a bus (May) creates an uncanny sense of order and symmetry. All of the photos from Harmonious Society were either taken by or from people in the Chinese Youth Camera Club (CYCC), an informal but constantly growing New York City group of Chinese photographers under the age of 60 from around the world.

You can purchase both Harmonic and Harmonious Society now for a special holiday price of $14.20. All proceeds from the sales of both calendars go to The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatment Support Project (PATS) for Aids Orphans in Fuyang, China.

Attention collectors—and aspiring collectors: we've stumbled upon an upcoming and innovative opportunity to acquire photography! The New York-based foundation, The Vanderbilt Republic has had a show titled Art From the Heart up at DRIVEIN24 Studios in Chelsea for the past two weeks, and every single person who purchases a tag for the closing reception this Thursday, December 16th will go home with a photograph of their choosing. A little more from The Vanderbilt Republic:

"Art From the Heart" offers every tag-holder their choice of any one photograph on display--first come, first served. Curated by Leslie Dela Vega (Photo Director, Fast Company), staged at Manhattan's finest photo studio, and featuring work by acclaimed professionals, this is an entirely new paradigm for the art world.

With photographs available from a long and very impressive list of artists, including Spring 2005 Hot Shot Rachel Sussman, and Landon Nordeman, this is a really excellent way to get your hands on a new piece of art. What's more, proceeds will go to an amazing cause: The Vanderbilt Republic is doing incredible work with their Masters program. In an ongoing partnership with the Cambodian Living Arts organization, the project seeks to create photo and video portraits of performing artists in Cambodia who survived the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, in an attempt to preserve their work for posterity. (You can read more about the project on its Kickstarter page—and we're thrilled to see that it reached its funding goal in October 2009.)

Tags for Art From the Heart (which you can buy online here) will get you admission for two to Thursday's event, open bar, and one photograph (!),—a steal at $100 (or $150 at the door). Get yours soon, because the date is fast-approaching, and only 100 tags are available for advance purchase. And get there early on Thursday to ensure that you have your pick of the litter in the photography department.

The Details:
Art From the Heart
Public Preview: November 29th to December 14th
Closing Reception: December 16th at 8:00 p.m.
at DRIVEIN24 Studios
443 West 18th St., New York, 10011

It's been a hectic and amazing 2010 for all of us at JBP, and as the year comes to a close it seems fitting to take a retrospective look at all that has happened here on the HHS! blog over the past months. Although HHS! has officially wrapped up for this year—the five stupendous 2010 Hot Shots were announced just this past October —we can't help but keep looking back over the really, really sensational group of contenders from this year's competition.

There are a whole bunch of submissions that we haven't been able to shake from our collective consciousnesses, and we thought we'd take the opportunity (in the downtime between competitions) to look back at some of the images that we featured in (the more than 100!) contender posts over the course of this just-past round.

Have a look at just a few of our favorite images that came in this season, (and click on each artist's name to read a little more about his or her work!)

Cat, by James Luckett

Untitled, from the series Liminal Points: The Woods by Nick Rochowski

Boy playing in his grandfathers WWII tunic, Artemare, France, 2010 from The French by Nick Turpin

Lemonade Stand, Rhinebeck, NY, 2009, from the series Stand Alone, by Robert Forlini

Pink Pillows, 2007/2010 by Dorthe Alstrup

llness, Female, 60 years old, 2010, by Sarah Sudhoff

Untitled #1 (from Future Cities: Lima), 2010 by Noah Addis

Untitled, July 2010 from the series Maho Beach by Thomas Prior

Untitled from the series Pulsar, 2009 by Yuji Hamada

Minute Owl. (Day 61, Camera Trap No.168, Madura Forest), 2009 by Renhui Zhao

Untitled, from the series In the Fulcrum of Our Dreams by Teo Ormond-Skeaping

The Punishment Buzzcut, from the series Exposure in Vivo by Selena Salfen

AF 3231, 2008 by Judith Stenneken

Flowers and Workers I, November 2009 from the series Far Chang by Taylor R. Glenn

The Dollar Room, from the series Roma/Gypsy Interiors by Carlo Gianferro

Untitled by Jennifer Garza-Cuen

Morning of 30th Birthday, 2004 by Melissa Rene Kaseman

Untitled, by Uygur Yilmaz

Untitled, 2010 by Danielle Aseff

Untitled, 2010 by Kate Hutchinson

Untitled, from the series Uncanny Places by Virgílio Ferreira

Jose on Chapulín in Lost Hills, CA. Jose Saldaña wears the traditional dress of the Charreada, or Mexican rodeo while astride his colt Chapulín in the front yard of his home in Lost Hills. Jose, 25, works in the oil fields outside of town and supports his aunt, uncle, sister, and two nieces. On his days off Jose practices the equestrian and lariat events and regularly competes with a team at Charreadas in the Central Valley and Los Angeles., March 28, 2009, from Lost Hills, by Sam Comen

Underneath, from the series Subconscious Pink by Nik Mirus

Untitled, April 2010, from Kabul, Afghanistan, by Lauren Lancaster

Oranges, 2010 by Jennifer Mason

Dr. Wilk D.D.S., Exam Room 1, Instrument Tray, 2010 by Mark Lyon

New Work #43, 2010 by Jordan Tate

As the holidays unfold, most of us will find ourselves partaking in one ritual or another, that's tied to the season. These rituals run the gamut—for some there might be a communal dinner with family and friends; a trip to another state or country, from where the family originates; for others living in more enviable climes, there might be a Sunday afternoon on the beach flying kites. For me and many of my friends who grew up here in New York, the holidays were always the perfect time to spend days bopping from gallery, to museum, to gallery, catching up on all of the wonderful art offering that this city has to offer.

As the skies get grayer and the temperature drops, there is perhaps no better way to stay warm and combat the cabin fever than by getting out and seeing some great photography. Here are a few shows that you might want to include in your own end-of-year art ritual, as you reflect on the months that have passed and the new year to come.

Entering the Nethermead by Joseph O. Holmes

Joseph O. Holmes: The Urban Wilderness
Opening Reception: Friday, December 10, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
On view through January 23, 2011
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York, NY 10012

As we mentioned earlier Joseph O. Holmes, who holds a dear place in the JBP family's hearts, will be having his first solo show at Jen Bekman Gallery. Stop by the opening and enjoy these astoundingly beautiful renderings of winter in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, as captured by Joe.

Ernesto Alonso, Señor Telenovela by Stefan Ruiz

Stefan Ruiz: The Factory of Dreams
On view through December 13, 2010
F.L.O.A.T. Gallery
539 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11217

Though we've mentioned it before, there's no harm in reminding you again about photographer and former HHS! panelists Stefan Ruiz's captivating show up at Brooklyn's F.L.O.A.T. Gallery. The show—a collection of photographs taken over the course of six years at Mexico City's most prolific telenovela producer. Televisa Studios—will be coming down next week, so be sure to check it out!

HumanKind: A Juried Invitational Photo Show
Opening Reception: December 17, 7:00 p.m.
On view through January 20, 2011
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

This exhibition, presented by The New York Photo Festival, which we are huge fans and supporters of will feature 120 photographs that interrogate the human experience from social, personal and cultural vantages.

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, 1971 by John Baldessari

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty
On view through January 9, 2011
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10028

No holiday museum-going would be complete without a look back at some acclaimed masters, and without a stop at the Met—an incredible structure, filled to its gills with important works. The Baldessari show allows you to kill two birds with one stone, seeing many rarely shown photo-based works from the man who played a large role in American conceptualism and exploring mass-media through the photographic image, at one of New York's most beautiful museums.

Victoria Rubio Diez by Consuelo Mendez

Secrets of Inspiring Women
Pictory Magazine

If for whatever reason you really can't make it out to see some shows, a host of websites, blogs and tumblrs are equipping themselves with gallery interfaces and layouts that bring expertly curated and arranged shows to you. Just reaching its one-year birthday, online invitational photo publication Pictory Magazine invites photographers to submit a photograph and accompanying story related to a new prompt that they release each month. Most recently, Pictory has released an extremely compelling issue, Secrets of Inspiring Women, viewable for free, and written up by NPR's Picture Show. We look forward to seeing even more from this wonderful startup and we hope that those of you itchy to photograph over the Holidays will send some of those photos on for consideration by Pictory.

Stay tuned for more photography shows to add to your own holiday routines!

Long Meadow #2, 2010 by Joseph O. Holmes

Happy December greetings! We're beyond excited to celebrate the season with the opening of Joseph O. Holmes' The Urban Wilderness this Friday, December 10th from 6 to 8 p.m. at Jen Bekman Gallery. The Urban Wilderness features twelve photographs by Joseph O. Holmes and will be on view from December 11th, 2010 through January 23rd, 2011. This is Holmes' first solo exhibition at the gallery.

As many of you know, Joe has held a pretty special place in the JBP family for some time now: he was a HHS! Ne Plus Ultra back in 2006, and the only person to ever win the competition twice (in the Fall of 2005 and 2006). He is also one of 20x200's superstars, with fourteen editions over the past several years—many of which have sold out. So, come join Joe and the JBP team this Friday evening to take in the dreamy landscapes of The Urban Wilderness.

Looking a little further on the horizon, we've also been busily preparing for 2010 Hot Shots' forthcoming exhibition. Save the date: the 2010 Hot Shot! Showcase will open at Jen Bekman Gallery on Friday, February 4th, 2011 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York, NY 10012
e: info@jenbekman.com | w: www.jenbekman.com | p: +1.212.219.0166

Box design by Kate Bingaman-Burt

Breaking news for all you picture-takers and Tumblr-users: The awesome folks at Photojojo have just announced their release of 100 limited edition Polaroid cameras, in collaboration with one of the great champions of analog photography, The Impossible Project. What's even more exciting (and even more pressing!) is that they'll be giving away a Vintage Polaroid Rainbow OneStep to one very lucky person, TODAY!

This is a super-rare, limited edition camera, with a gorgeous—and totally fitting—rainbow-themed box, designed by artist extraordinaire, Kate Bingaman-Burt.

All you need to enter is a Tumblr account, and a little gumption. Here are the instructions, directly from Photojojo:

1. Grab a photo of a Photojojo Store goodie from our site
(any photo you'd like, just right click to save, or click on the download link for a hi-res if it's available)
2. Head to Big Huge Labs or Poladroid to turn that photo into a Polaroid
3. Share your new Polaroid-ized photo on Tumblr with a link back to the Photojojo Store
(IMPORTANT: be sure to tag your posts with #photojojo and #impossible so we can find you!)

The winner will be announced at 8:00 p.m. EST today, so don't hesitate—head on over for full details and your chance to win this amazing camera!

For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to experience it, New York-based Slideluck Potshow (started by Hot Shot Casey Kelbaugh) is an innovative organization helping to change the way audiences engage with art. A mashup of a potluck and a slideshow (hence the name!), Slideluck exhibits artist-curated slideshows set to a soundtrack from a variety of photographers, from the well established to the very emerging. Since their first backyard event in 2000, they've grown to an established organization that's organized events celebrating both the edible and the visual in dozens of cities worldwide.

Mexico City 3 (Zócalo, MUCA/UNAM Campus), 2007 by Spencer Tunick

The genius of Slideluck Potshow is that it encourages people to participate in experiencing art as a community. Each Slideluck Potshow is active undertaking- guests provide the potluck ingredients, and the artists shown at each event are local. It's a fun party with serious art, and so markedly different from the traditionally solo, contemplative gallery or museum experience. In keeping with their community-focused ethos, Slideluck Potshow is expanding with a new event series called simply SLIDELUCK. Instead of a potluck, each event will be a collaboration with a local chef, restaurant, farm or dining club.

The New York launch of SLIDELUCK will take place this Wednesday, December 8th at Sandbox Studio. The event will be an auction and a fundraiser for the organization, co-chaired by Patrick McMullan and DJ Spooky. Participating artists include Spencer Tunick and 20x200's own Coke O'Neal and Mickey Smith! Limited tickets are still available for the cocktail reception, the dinner, the afterparty or for all three. View the full invitation here.

SLIDELUCK Launch Party and Fundraiser
Wednesday, December 8, 6-10:30 p.m.
Sandbox Studio
250 Hudson Street, New York

David Griffin on How Photography Connects Us from TEDTalks.

There's something about podcasts that's magical and intimate. They're perfect for slow afternoons, long commutes and slightly reminiscent of the fireside chats. You can start 'em and stop 'em as you like, rewinding if you weren't paying attention or hitting replay for an episode or podcast you really loved. Today, we've rounded up some of the best photography related podcasts we've found to date:

About Photography and Its Origins
The Candid Frame
Your Host: Ibarionex Perello
Who It's For: Those looking for inspiration and the ins and outs of the business.
What It's About: The Candid Frame features high quality interviews from artists. In addition to turning you onto new and emerging projects, this podcast covers the business and art of photography.

History of Photography from Jeff Curto
Your Host: College of DuPage Professor Jeff Curto
Who It's For: The wish-I-could-go-back-to-college type.
What It's About: Professor Jeff Curto started this podcast in 2008 with sparse updates, but lately he's picked up the pace and started updating consistently. His informative lecture coverage goes deep into the influences that make photography what it is today and includes everyone from Daguerre to Cartier-Bresson and Meyerowitz. If you're really interested in going back to college with this podcast you can find the class syllabus and more here.

Photography Monthly
Your Hosts: Photography Monthly editors Grant Scott and Sean Samuels
Who It's For: The insatiable photography addict.
What It's About: This relaxed podcast features news, gear reviews, and insightful interviews from photographers with a variety of styles and subjects.

Tutorials and The Tactical
The Digital Story
Your Host: Derrick Story
Who It's For: The spec-obsessed gadget lover.
What It's About: This highly technical weekly podcast features a lot of talk about specs but also offers tips, gadget reviews and more.

Learning Digital Photography
Your Host: Jason Anderson
Who It's For: Digital photographers at any level.
What It's About: The intro of this podcast drags a bit but after that this program flies with informative Q&A's, how tos, and equipment reviews for those looking to advance their art.

LightSource Studio Photography
Your Hosts: Bill Crawford, publisher of StudioLighting.net and Ed Hidden, exclusive iStockPhoto.com photographer
Who It's For: Photographers interested in lighting.
What It's About: The hosts have had technological issues that have prevented them from updating consistently, but when this podcast updates it's always chock full of tips.

For Inspiration
New York Times Lens
Your Host: Photojournalists + documentarians.
Who It's For: Aspiring photojournalists any current events buffs
What It's About: A variety of photojournalists narrate the story of their work against photo slideshows from their journeys. There aren't many episodes of this podcast, but the ones that exist are both beautiful and striking.

TEDTalks Podcast
Your Host: Various Speakers from the TEDTalks Conferences
Who It's For: Anyone interested in the hows and whats of the world.
What It's About: This inspiring video podcast gives you the chance to sit back every now and then and hear the thoughts of geniuses. By no means is everything from TEDTalks is photography-related, but most of it has everything to do with innovation, thought processes, and new frontiers for the world we live in. A few specific talks we love? David Griffin on How Photography Connects Us; Jame's Nachtwey's Searing Photos of War, Frans Lanting's Lyrical Nature Photos, Taryn Simon Photographs Secret Sites; Edward Burtynsky on Manufactured Landscapes.

Did I miss any of your favorites? Let us know in the comments.

Confections (couture) #2 by Amy Stevens

2010 Hot Shot Amy Stevens was featured this week on Flavorpill's flavorwire for her Confections series, where writer Judy Berman says, "We can't vouch for how they taste, but these gorgeous and funny cake wrecks, photographed in front of complementary backgrounds, are certainly a feast for the eyes."

To get a taste of Amy's work in person, stop by her show at Carmelita Couture in Philly tonight, Friday, December 3, from 6-8 p.m. The show is part of the 1st Friday ArtWalk event and is guaranteed to be a lot of fun. For full details, check Amy's blog here.

Carmelita Couture
17 North 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Opening: First Friday, December 3, 6-8 p.m.
On view: December 3, 2010- Jan 6, 2011

Street Photography Now published by Thames & Hudson

Presented by The Photographers' Gallery, London along with the authors of Street Photography Now, the eponymous project invites you to dive into the practice of street photography and keeps things fresh by offering a new 'prompt' every day.

Every week through October 1, 2011, you may submit a photo that heeds that week's instruction, given by one of a group of leading contemporary street photographers corralled by the creators of this contest. You may submit once, or every week--as frequently as you like:

The Project will run for 52 weeks, and you can join in at any time. The aim is to build a global community of photographers exploring the rewards and challenges of documenting public life. All photographers, including those who contribute to the Instructions, will be encouraged to comment and respond to the images posted to the Flickr groups.

Though not a competition, at the end of the Project one photographer will be chosen who has made the most outstanding contribution to the project across a number of weeks. They will be awarded £1000 of Thames & Hudson books and have their work displayed on The Photographers' Gallery digital Wall for All.

We, at Hey, Hot Shot! are huge fans of crowd-sourced, collaborative and ongoing projects of this nature (like Alec Soth's recent invitation to join in on the From Here to There project). They build community and also allow for a dynamism and evolution in work that is visible as time elapses. We're very excited to see what comes of the Street Photography Now project. No matter what your skill level or equipment, we hope you'll dive in, explore your far-flung cities and submit your photographs!

We know what it's like. The new year is still a month away and yet you already know what's going to top your list of 2011 resolutions. You're going to get yourself back to the darkroom and start making photographs the "old-fashioned" way, the tactile way, the way that involves dodging and burning—and not in Adobe Photoshop.

In your honor, we present you with the New York City guide to darkrooms (from the least to the most expensive).

ABC No Rio
Price: $6/hour; Cash Only; Photo ID Required
Hours: Seasonal hours. Check their calendar here for the most up-to-date schedule.
Phone: 212.254.3697 ext. 324
Location: 156 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002
Note: This is probably the least expensive darkroom in the city, but make sure to bring your own paper.

My Own Color Lab
Price: $12.00/hour with credit card; $11.00/hour in cash
Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 10 p.m., Saturday noon - 8 p.m.
Phone: 212.696.4107
Location: 18 W 27th St, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
Note: They also have a Imacon 949 scanner you can rent should the need arise.

Beth Schiffer Conventional Darkroom
Price: $11/hour Single Darkroom; $18/hour Double Darkroom.
Discounts: 10% student discount. One free hour for every four hours you work there and paper discounts if you buy your paper there.
Availability: With reservations.
Phone: 212.219.1553
Email: info@bethschiffer.com
Location: 385 Broadway, Suite 4R, New York, NY 10013

Brooklyn Photo [Studio]
Price: $15/hour (in 3, 6 and 9 hour slots). Cash only.
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Weekends, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Availability: By appointment on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Phone: 718-384-1825
Email: mail@brooklynphotostudio.com
Location: 39 Ainslie Street #3, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Note: Black and white darkroom only. Photographers can print in formats from 35mm to 4"x5" and hand process paper sizes up to 16"x20".

Print Space
Price: $20/hour for a private B&W darkroom and every fifth hour in the darkroom is free.
Color, C-41 and Digital Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday noon - 8 p.m.
Black & White Hours: Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday noon - 7 p.m.
Phone: 212.255.1919
Email: darkroom@printspacenyc.com
Location: 151 W 19th St, Floor 8, New York, NY 10011
Note: Prince Space also has enlarger rooms, Mac stations and more.

Beth Schiffer Digital Darkroom
$25/hour
Available: With reservations
Phone: 212.966.3800
Email: info@bethschiffer.com
Location: 385 Broadway, Suite 4R, New York, NY 10013

thesmalldarkroom
Price: Available Upon Request
Discounts: 20% Student Discount.
Available: With reservations. Weekend and overnight times also available.
Phone: 212.243.0170
Email: main@smalldarkroom.com
Location: 437 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011
Note: thesmalldarkroom's clients include Annie Leibowitz, Brian Finke, Matthew Brookes, Lazslo Konrath and many more.

Less Conventional Means For Getting Darkroom Space
The Camera Club of New York has an annual Darkroom Residency Program that gives emerging photographers 24/7 access to their darkroom facilities. The 2011 application deadline has just passed, but it's worth keeping in mind for the future. You can also gain access by joining as a member; members can sign up for three 4-hour sessions of darkroom time weekly. Their facilities are open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

The International Center of Photography is known to offer volunteers an hour of free darkroom time for every hour they volunteer with the organization. If you're just beginning to learn your way around a darkroom, ICP also offers both B&W and Color Darkroom classes from the beginner level to the more advanced.