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Kyle Conway
@kyle.conwaydarkroom.com
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Continuing the arts of film photography and darkroom printing.

📷 Film Photographer
🚨 Darkroom Operator
📍 Phoenix, AZ, USA

https://linktr.ee/conwaydarkroom

Film developed locally in North Phoenix.
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Kyle Conway @kyle.conwaydarkroom.com · Mar 10
I'll continue to shoot (and probably screw up) more of these dry plates, but at least it's cheaper than color 4x5 film 😅

📍 Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona
📷 Speed Graphic 4x5 / 90mm f45
🎞️ Zebra Dry Plate @ 2

#believeinfilm #photography #film #PhotographersUnited #saguaro #tucson #arizona
A photograph of Saguaro National Park, located in Tucson, Arizona, taken on a 4x5 glass dry plate. The edges of the physical plate can be seen in the scan. In the image, thousands of saguaro cactus can be seen littering the landscape of the park.
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Large swaths of this land were just sold for a large development near the TSMC chip plant in Phoenix.

Every day they take more of our desert spaces away from us, and soon there will be no more.

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January 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Poʻipū, Kaua’i

Pentax 6x7
SMC Takumar f/2.4 105
@ilfordphoto.com Delta 100

#believeinfilm #kauai #hawaii #ilfordfilm
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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First Time with the Yashica and had a blast hiking with @kyle.conwaydarkroom.com and @haley.conwaydarkroom.com

📷 Yashica MAT-LM
🎞️ Harman Phoenix 200 II

#yashica #harmanphoenix #photography #film #pyramidpeak #arizona
A gnarled tree stump stands in the foreground with sage green and dark green foliage around the bottom of the frame and growing up behind the stump. There is a slope of tan rock and dirt going from the left to top right in the background and the sky is grey-blue with clouds An upside-down J-shaped boulder rest in mid frame. The foreground is desert brush and foliage with some smaller boulders and rocky ground. The background is a small hill covered in more boulders and the sky is light blue with wispy clouds The foreground is desert sand with a few bushes bisecting the shot in the middle. The background is a mountain peak with blue-grey sky behind that. Two people, a man and a woman, stand centered in the shot. They’re staring left and the man is slightly more in the foreground than the woman. The man is wearing a dark baseball cap, grey sweater, and salmon shorts with a green backpack and holding a camera to take a shot. The woman is wearing a grey sweater and black leggings and holding the leash to a dog that is off frame. The background is desert landscape with some foliage and a saguaro is the back right. The sky is blue with wispy clouds
January 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Despite all the beautiful colors of the island, I cannot help but shoot black and white film.

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com SFX 200

#believeinfilm #mediumformat #ilfordphoto #kauai
January 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Disneyland on film

📷 Canon Sure Shot 85 Zoom
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax

#believeinfilm #Disneyland #35mm #film #photography
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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I’m not shocked that Amazon doesn’t want you posted about illegal fireworks in your neighborhood. Who cares if you live steps away from the desert that they’re using for the non-permitted aerial fireworks?
January 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Finally getting around to scanning film from Kaua’i. These are the first few miles of the Kalalau Trail.

These are from the Pentax 6x7 on Kodak Ektar film.

Carrying the 6x7 & Speed Graphic up this mountain was certainly a choice.

#believeinfilm #kauai #hawaii #hiking
December 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Took the “new” (to me) Canon 7 out on a hike last weekend. Always good to see a camera works that the shop claims was “CLA’d” but didn’t have the receipt 😅

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December 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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I don’t know how I’m supposed to afford shooting this Provia 4x5 but I guess I’m going to have to figure it out.

📍 Kaua’i, Hawai’i
📷 Speed Graphic 4x5 / Fujinon f/5.6 150mm
🎞️ Provia 100F

#believeinfilm #filmphotography
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Yes - I lugged my G617 half way across the Pacific for these photos.

Yes - it was worth it.

#believeinfilm #mediumformat #panoramic
A panoramic photo of Hanalei, Kaua’i, HI. Located on the North Shore of the island, Hanalei is a picturesque beach town full of surfing, hiking, and taro farming. A panoramic photo of a beach on the North Shore of Kaua’i. An empty beach chair sits on the beach while locals prepare to enter the surf. A panoramic image of the surf at Hā’ena Beach on the North Shore of Kaua’i. A child stands in the surf as waves crash into the shore. A panoramic image of the pier in Hanalei, Kaua’i. Local surfers walk the beach in the early morning as waves roll onto the beach. Hanalei Bay, in the winter, is a popular surf spot on the island.
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Scenes from the North Shore

Captured on slide film on Pentax 6x7

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December 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I bought this 2005 expired Provia 100F 120 film for $5 about 6 months ago and finally used it.

Honestly, you’d barely know it was expired.

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December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Why is slide film so expensive?

Kodak E100 on Nikon F100

Photographed by @haley.conwaydarkroom.com

Developed in-house w/ Adox

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December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Aerochrome - Kaua’i, Hawai’i

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December 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Red Mountain - Mesa, AZ

@ilfordphoto.com Delta 100
Speed Graphic 4x5 - 210mm

#believeinfilm #largeformat
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Downtown Phoenix, Arizona

🎞️ Street Savvy 400 by Street Candy

#believeinfilm #film #photography #35mm #phoenix
A color photo of an ornate gold and white building in downtown Phoenix, AZ. The name Lurhs Tower can be seen in large letters carved into the white stone. It is taken from a perspective where the tower fills the entire frame. A photo of sidewalk graffiti that says “protect yo heart” with a heart covered in barbed wire beneath it. A short metal gate that blocks a patio area can be seen in the distance.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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It’s finally not a million degrees in the desert, so we can start hiking again.

Took these on a hike in North Phoenix this morning on 4x5 and the digital camera.

Can you tell which are which?

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November 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I think there’s between 50-100 postcards in this series so let’s see how many I can get.
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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The difference 86 years makes.

1939 -> 2025 at the (old) Maricopa County Court House.

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October 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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📍 Whaley House, San Diego, CA
🎞️ Harmon Redscale
📷 Nikon F100

#believeinfilm #shootmorefilm #35mm #photography #october #sandiego
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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From the seller: “Only two prototypes were produced”, and the camera was never in production because it would have “required significant changes in its manufacturing technology and additional factory equipment.”

Going through the list of changes the seller sent to see how it compares to other C’s
kyle.conwaydarkroom.com Kyle Conway @kyle.conwaydarkroom.com · Oct 18
Anyone familiar enough with these Mamiya C series cameras to know anything about this C3-S? I’ve seen plenty of these cameras but I can’t seem to find anything about the “S” badging on it.

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October 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Anyone familiar enough with these Mamiya C series cameras to know anything about this C3-S? I’ve seen plenty of these cameras but I can’t seem to find anything about the “S” badging on it.

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October 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Making some progress on these gold tin types. It’s quite a bit different from the glass dry plates.

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October 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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There’s a very real chance I mess up every one of these lol
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Open Call!
Have you submitted yet? Spots are limited and we’d love to see your work included in this year’s publication! Visit the link in bio! “Time & Space”
Deadline is October 31st!
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#filmphotography #opencall
October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM