Photogénie et obsolescence de la chambre noire argentique: Photographic darkroom : photogenic obsolescence

Abstract

Since 2003, Canadian photographer Michel Campeau travels the world to photograph darkrooms. These chambers of analog photography, where icons of picture making were crafted through the use of chemicals on silver gelatin paper, today seem like allusions to a time long gone. Martin Parr, who published some of the work in an editorial series, wrote about it: "Most photographers have spent hours and days in that peculiar environment known as the darkroom. Here, prints are magically created using chemicals and light. Campeau's photographs show the passing of an era. As digital production takes hold to a greater and greater extent, we will look back at these images and mourn the darkroom's passing." - Exhibition: Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal, Québec, Canada (9.2013) / Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Canada (7.-12.2013) / Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Ottawa, Canada (10.2013).