darkroom

[ dahrk-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈdɑrkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

a room in which film or the like is made, handled, or developed and from which the actinic rays of light are excluded.

Origin of darkroom

First recorded in 1835–45; dark + room

Because all of the Rescued Film Project images are scanned to digital, the necessity of a darkroom is null.

These Photographs Would Die Without Him |Dale Eisinger |July 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In this episode of 'Darkroom,' we dive into a stark picture of the ensuing violence.

Portrait of a Roman Crackdown |The Daily Beast Video |April 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Her parents became more and more complex, like figures in a photograph slowly emerging in a darkroom developing tray.

Three Cheers for Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature |Malcolm Jones |October 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It began with my love of shooting film -- I built a darkroom in our old bike shed at home.

Models and Their Mothers |Erin Cunningham |October 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

At least he still has the Kodak darkroom funnel he got when he was 14, which was 59 years ago.

Kodak Bankruptcy May Lead to Fadeout of Legendary Film Company |Blake Gopnik |January 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
You mean to use your dress-cupboard as a darkroom for photography?

The Girls of St. Wode's |L. T. Meade
Why did you call him back in the darkroom rather than some other place?

Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The fellow must have been in the darkroom when I came here to develop my films.

Signal in the Dark |Mildred A. Wirt
An amateur photographer insists that a timing clock in the darkroom is a needless luxury.

The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |Various
And you begged me to hide you and I have this darkroom, you know.

The Tunnel Under The World |Frederik Pohl

darkroom

/ (ˈdɑːkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

a room in which photographs are processed in darkness or safe light