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Photo Access

Name: Photo Access
Address: 30 Manuka Circle, Canberra, ACT, 2603, AU
Telephone: +61262957810

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photo access is the ACT and region’s centre for contemporary photography, film, video and media arts.

17/10/2026

Colour is coming to the darkroom, if we can get there together!

Right now, photo access can only offer black and white printing. That means anyone in Canberra who shoots colour film has to send it away and wait, never getting to stand in the dark and watch their image appear!

This AusArt Day, we're raising funds for RA-4 colour processing equipment so you can print analogue colour right here, hands-on, in one of the last public access darkrooms in Australia.

Every dollar you give today is matched, up to $5,000, thanks to Creative Australia's AusArt Day Matched Funding.

Donate here - https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000k5DaWMAU/photo-access-colour-darkroom-fundraiser

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Image: Cassie Abraham

16/10/2026

COLOUR DARK FUNDRAISING

Help us build Canberra's first public colour darkroom!

photo access is one of the last public access darkrooms in Australia, but right now we can only offer black and white printing. With your help this AusArt Day, we are fundraising to secure RA-4 colour processing equipment so artists and photographers can print analogue colour right here in Canberra.

Thanks to Creative Australia's AusArt Day Matched Funding, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000. Your gift goes twice as far.

Donate here - https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000k5DaWMAU/photo-access-colour-darkroom-fundraiser

13/10/2026

Large format photography is a beautiful way to get exquisite detail in photographs and take a slower approach to making images. Introduction to Large Format Photography will take place on Saturday, 14th and Sunday, 15th of November, from 10 am to 4 pm each day, at photo access.
This crash course is open to all levels of photographic experience, perfect for beginners all the way through to experienced image-makers.
Enrolments for this workshop close at 12 noon Tuesday 10 November, 2026.
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Images:
1. Image by Eunie Kim.

11/10/2026

DARKROOM CLOSURE

The photo access darkroom and members’ area will be closed this Saturday and Tuesday for workshops happening in the space.

The closure dates are -
Saturday 17 October
Tuesday 20 October

Thank you for your understanding and patience!

09/10/2026

CLOUD STUDIES | ARTIST TALK

Cloud Studies by Rebecca Beardmore, Leah Beeferman, Yvette Hamilton, and Anna Madeleine Raupach will continue in the photo access galleries until the 24th of October.

Join us for a closing event on the final day of Cloud Studies on Saturday, 24th of October -
11am: Artist talks in the gallery
12pm-2pm: Cyanotype workshop in the photo access gardens

In this hands-on workshop, participants are invited to contribute their own cloud image to a shared artwork that brings together different ways of imagining and representing the sky.

This event is free to attend; more information on out website under ‘Events’

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Images:
Installation view, Cloud Studies, 2026

02/10/2026

The Middle Air by Yvette Hamilton

Swipe through to see inside ‘The Middle Air’, a limited-edition artist book by presenting artist Yvette Hamilton, made in response to a year of thinking and making with, and about, clouds.

A limited edition of 50, each copy of the 48-page book comes with a unique, lumen cloud silver gelatin photograph inserted into the back cover, hand-printed by Yvette herself.

Copies are $50 each and are available to buy at photo access. Browse the book in the gallery as part of ‘Cloud Studies’, alongside work by Anna Madeleine, Rebecca Beardmore and Leah Beeferman. Reserve a copy ahead of your visit via the link in our bio.

Yvette Hamilton

01/10/2026

Another selection of our favourite photographs processed in the photo access film lab over the past few weeks 🎞️ We process C-41 and Black and White film here on-site at the Manuka Arts Centre, and we also have a drop box at ⛓ 𝙎𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙃𝙊'𝙎 𝘿𝙄𝙍𝙏𝙔 𝙇𝘼𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙍𝙔 ⛓ in Braddon for the north-siders. 📮

27/09/2026

Thank you for joining us last Thursday to celebrate the opening of Cloud Studies by Rebecca Beardmore, Leah Beeferman, Yvette Hamilton, and Anna Madeleine Raupach.

The exhibition was formally opened by Keir Winesmith, Chair of photo access, and continues in the gallery until 24 October.

As always, a huge thank you to Lerida Estate Lerida Estate and Hawkes Brewing Co. Hawke's Brewing Co. for supporting our events.

photo access is supported by artsACT and Creative Australia, and Cloud Studies is presented in partnership with the Canberra Art Biennial ✨

Rebecca Beardmore Leah Beeferman Yvette Hamilton Anna Madeleine Raupach

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Images: Mitch Sutton Mitch Sutton

20/09/2026

DARKROOM CLOSURE

The photo access darkroom and members’ area will be closed this weekend and next for workshops happening in our market spaces -

The closure dates are as follows -
Friday 25 September
Saturday 26 September
Sunday 3 October

Thank you for your understanding and patience!

Address

30 Manuka Circle
Canberra, ACT
2603

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+61262957810

Website

http://www.photoaccess.org.au/

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