Our Story
Built on film, built on family
From a basement scanner to a multi-location lab, we’ve spent seven years growing alongside the photographers we serve — learning from each other, making images come to life, and staying close to what matters.
Let's go back (to the future)!
Ben Krueger is an artist based in South Orange, NJ. He received his B.F.A. in Photography from The Savannah College of Art & Design in 2021.
Ben approaches the world with fresh eyes, drawn to long-term and editorial projects. He collaborates with other artists and brands to make images that feel timeless and alive — finding potential in the everyday, and meaning in the overlooked.
Photography has taken Ben across the globe from Hong Kong, Thailand, Italy, and Spain, to England, Canada, and coast to coast.
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There's no place like home.
Doug Krueger is a photographer, born and raised in Union, NJ. His passion for photography began at age fourteen, but it wasn’t until 1994, with the purchase of his first camera (a Yashica T4), that he truly began his photographic journey.
Doug’s work lives in the off-the-cuff — the in-between moments that most people walk right past. He documents the spaces he inhabits and the places he visits, always with the camera close and the eye open.
When not behind the lens, he enjoys spending time with his wife, son and two parrots, collecting timepieces, and driving cars.
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
Photography is encoded into the Krueger DNA.
Alongside running Gelatin, Ben has been uncovering hidden gems of family history. Among the many ancestors who picked up the family camera, his great-grandfather Benjamin delicately captured the lives of his loved ones — the same observant, unhurried eye that Ben and Doug carry forward today.
Through archival services at Gelatin, Ben has been digitizing negatives, prints, and film reels — bringing a century of family memories back to life.
Explore the archiveApproachable, high-quality, and personalized. Seven-plus years on, Doug and Ben hold these standards close — building a lab where every photographer has a seat at the table, and where the work we do together helps images come to life.
Milestones
From a family tradition to a community of image-makers — the moments that shaped Gelatin Labs.
