Disseminating a Practice. Five Years of the Cambridge Darkroom.

The author describes the foundation (Jan 1984) and development
of the Cambridge Darkroom, a photographic institution that has
gained an international reputation through its exhibition
programmes and other activitities. According the founder, Mark
Lumley, 'The Darkroom was to represent a practice rather than a
medium '. Among the most influential exhibitions curated by the
Darkroom, the author mentions 'Re-visions'(summer 1985),
'Multiple Visions' (May 1986), 'Boundaries' (summer 1986),
'Figures' (May 1987) and 'Death' (1988). Most exhibitions
focused on contemporary British work. Most of this issue of
Creative Camera is devoted to the Cambridge Darkroom. The
portfolio section includes work by Susan Trangmar, who was
introduced via the earlier mentioned 'Re-visions' exhibition
(1985), David Ward's panels from the 'Autograph' exhibition, and
Jim Harold's pictures from the 'Boundaries' show (1986).