Focal Press Book: The New Darkroom Handbook

The Darkroom Handbook, Second Edition, is a completely revised and updated version of a classic guide to the best design, construction, and equipment to use when setting up a darkroom.

This book features ideas and money-saving tips on how to put a darkroom almost anywhere in your home or apartment. It takes you inside darkrooms of photographers around the world including those of famous photographers such as, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Bernice Abbott, and W. Eugene Smith. In addition, it contains detailed do-it-yourself plans for the most essential darkroom components, cutouts and design grids to plan that "dream" darkroom, and special sections on the color darkroom and the digital darkroom.

Contents:

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Darkrooms of the Famous: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Bernice Abbott, W. Eugene Smith
4. Ideas for Placement: Darkrooms in Closets, Darkrooms in Kitchens, Darkrooms in Bathrooms, Darkrooms in Spare Rooms, Workrooms
5. Designing the Room: What Are Layouts and Elevations
6. How to Do Layouts, Planning Grids, Dry-Side Cutouts, Wet-Side Cutouts, Light-Trap Cutouts, Light-Trap and Drying Rack Cutouts, Preparing Elevations
7. Building the Room: Tools, Installing Partitions, Hanging Doors, Installing Sheetrock
8. Getting to Know Your Plumbing
9. More About Your Plumbing
10. Typical Darkroom Plumbing, Roughing in the Plumbing, Installing Supply Lines
11. Installing the Drain
12. The Easy Way Out and Unique Solutions
13. A Modular Plumbing System
14. Introduction to Electricity
15. Electricity in the Darkroom
16. Tools and Materials for Electrical Work
17. Wiring the Circuits
18. Modular Control Panel
19. Building the Inside: The Lighting Circuits, Lighting Equipment
20. Building a Darkroom Sink
21. Building a Sink Stand
22. Installing Counters
23. Building a Print Drying Rack
24. Making the Drying Frames
25. Building a Light Box
26. Mounting the Enlarger
27. Building an Adjustable Enlarger Baseboard
28. Air Quality
29. Light-proofing
30. Those Added Comforts
31. Processing Equipment: Sinks, Water Quality, Temperature Regulation, Automation Temperature Regulation
32. Processing Trays and Tongs
33. Wet-Side Accessories
34. Roll Film Tanks and Reels
35. Washers
36. Timing Systems
37. Silver Recovery and Chemical Storage
38. Enlarging Equipment: Enlargers
39. Enlargers Continued
40. Enlarging Lenses
41. Easels

Readership: Amateur, advanced amateur, and professional photographers interested in setting up a darkroom. Will have a market in both the book and the camera trade. The most comprehensive book on the darkroom. A step-by-step guide to help anyone plan and build a photo lab. Illustrated with an abundance of photos and sketches.