The Darkroom Social
21st June 2026 from 10:00AM - 3:00PM
La Perouse Museum, Courtyard
Payed
This workshop invites participants to explore place, photography, and ecological care through experimental photography.
Guided by an Elder’s Welcome to Country and an introduction from The Darkroom Social, participants begin with a photo walk around La Perouse Headland and Henry Head area, responding to the site through slow observation while shooting black-and-white film. Using seasonal weed waste collected by the Bushcare team, participants then process their film with plant-based developers made on site. Participants will receive a small zine to support ongoing experimentation beyond the workshops.
This workshop is for people who are comfortable with shooting using a film camera. No prior experience or knowledge of film processing is necessary! Please bring your own camera to use on the day during the workshop, or contact us ahead of time if you need to borrow a camera for the day.
Film, equipment and chemistry will all be provided on the day. Please just bring yourself, a camera, a water bottle, hat and some comfortable walking shoes. Light snacks will be provided and you are also welcome to bring your own food and lunch along.
About: The Darkroom Social
The Darkroom Social is a community of alternative photographic practitioners led by Isobel Markus-Dunworth and Remi Siciliano. They foster research and practice into innovative and sustainable ways of working with photography.
Isobel Markus-Dunworth is a photographer, artist and educator. After teaching analogue photography for over a decade at the University of Sydney, her current research investigates how historical photographic processes can be delivered with a reframing of sustainability and environmental ethics.
Remi Siciliano is a Sydney-based photomedia artist exploring the potential to collaborate with other organisms and ecologies to make images. Remi investigates how the material and receptive nature of analogue photography can lend itself to collaborative experiments and encounters.
