Developing
Stories
There’s a story inside every envelope of negatives that passes through Safelight Labs.
Developing Stories is our place to celebrate photography, as San Diego’s best photographers turn their lens on our community and our world.
For a chance to be featured on the blog, send us a note, or just opt in next time you drop off a roll of film.
Vacation Dispatches in 35mm: Photo Diaries of Samra Jean Lovelady
Pure gold. Photos from Sayra Alejandra Vasquez’ solo show “Alchemist.”
Save the Date: DIY Development Lab & Darkroom Open House
Let’s come together to support our friends in Los Angeles 🙏.
Ritual and Routine. Questions for Jay Vee on finding home abroad.
It’s alive! The community darkroom is now open.
A look inside San Diego’s new community darkroom.
The Familiar Imagination: Questions for Kavi Kariyawasam
Back to the Retrofuture: A Look to the Past in Tucker Fellows’ Present
The cameras are disposable, but the pictures last forever. Here’s your view of the Yearbook Creative launch party.
Small Business Saturday is kind of a big deal at Camera Exposure
The Walking Meditations of Mark Perez: Threading Closeness and Culture in Street Photography.
Come party with neighbors for the kickoff of Yearbook Creative Club
A Light at the End of the Darkroom
Shoot your shot! 2024 San Diego film zine wants your submissions.
Skate photographer Blair Alley is always in motion. In a new book, he brings things to a standstill
Forgotten Frames: What happened when I developed decades-old rolls of film
Chronicling San Diego’s Mom and Pops: Questions for Angie Huang
Safelight Labs and Uptown 11 team up to create new platform for visual storytelling
It all begins with an idea.