The Canberra region’s centre for photography, film, video, and media arts

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How to Shoot Film

Spend two hours with expert tutor Greg Stoodley to get better results from your film!

About

photo access is a unique centre for image making, established in 1984, and is the longest-lived such organisation in Australia. With a full exhibition and events program, workshop schedule, and community projects, there is always something happening at photo access.

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Upcoming

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After Dark

After Dark 2024 is a space where PhotoAccess members can come together to use the member's facilities after hours.

Film Lab

The Canberra region’s longest running and friendliest film lab, offering a full service for all your analogue and digital film needs, including B&W and colour film developing, scanning and printing.

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Workshops

photo access offers a wide range of creative workshops, across digital and analogue photography, each professionally led by an experienced tutor or exhibiting artist.

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Making Spaces

We offer a number of photographic facilities to develop your skills, and support your creativity including darkroom, film developing lab, digital suite and photobook library.

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Call-Outs

Looking for a creative opportunity? photo access offers various opportunities to be involved in the community, including annual call outs for exhibitions, residencies, and projects, as well as for volunteers and internship positions.

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HYPERSPECTRAL24

Seeking expressions of interest from digital media and networked artists

Supporters

photo access‘s program and facilities are supported by the ACT Government through an ArtsACT Arts Centre Investment, and through generous business partnerships.