This idea came to me really recently as we are kind of preparing for our inclusion of the Leith Creative Trail from the 30th of November to the 8th of December.  I have been slowly gathering kit for a darkroom in the basement of the studio, and I was wondering how I could show people what I’ve been up to.  I am very much an amateur, and will never claim to be a photographer, although I really like the idea of taking analogue pictures.  I do know some folk who enjoy taking photographs, and although the digital image is an everyday part of our life now, I felt that there could be some gravity with the black and white analogue print.

There has been some great donations of kit towards me experimenting with the darkroom including the essential enlarger that Jasmine Nealon kindly let me have.

Basically I thought of an idea of not only my photographs, but other people that I know that work, live, and have fun down in Leith to take part.  I purchased 10 rolls of film from Analogue Wonderland, and had people shoot a roll and return it to me at the studio.  I’ve developed the film and printed a show of 4 x 5 prints from all of the participants.

Here is an old map detailing the area and details of what and why not some areas are not included here.