Workshops, talks & good company
at the lab.
Real inspiration, projects, and photographers at our East Village shop. Meet new people, leave with a new skill or concept.
Artist talk
One night only
Alex Kittoe — Wandering America
Seven years wandering the country with a camera — different states, seasons, and every in-between place, shot on film and developed + scanned right here at Gelatin. Alex talks life as a full-time working photographer, what went into the new photobook, and shooting film while traveling the world.
The idea
Show up. Make something.
Meet your people.
Every LabSession is led by someone who does this for real, in a room small enough that you actually get to.
One lab, everyone in it
Sessions happen in one room — one table, one group. First roll or hundredth, you’re welcome at the table.
Doing over watching
Sessions end with something in your hands — a journal, a zine, a plan — not just notes on your phone.
Taught by people who do it
Working photographers and makers sharing how they actually work — the process, the mistakes, the good stuff.
Pull up a chair
An artist or maker walks through their work, how they do it, and why — then it opens up. Presentation, demonstration, and plenty of Q&A.
- Room~15 seats
- Runs1–1.5 hours
- You leave withNew ideas & new people
Roll up your sleeves
Make something real, start to finish, with help right there when you want it. All materials included.
- Room6 seats
- Runs1.5–2 hours
- You leave withA finished project
Workshop
Returning soon
Photo Journaling
Starts at Old Friend Photobooth for your strips, then moves to the lab, where the photos you uploaded are waiting as prints. You spend the session laying them out and building the first pages. Part scrapbook, part storytelling, all yours — and you leave with the journal already started, plenty of room left to fill.
New dates soon · keep an eye on @gelatinlabs
Past events
Sessions we’ve loved
Talks, openings and workshops that already happened — a sense of what a night at the lab looks like.
Artist talk
Gallery opening
Francesco Aglieri Rinella — Apparent Death
An evening with the Italian film photographer, showing large-format black-and-white work from his ongoing Appalachian project. Francesco walked through making the body of work in Eastern Kentucky — the places, the people, and what large format asks of you. Developed and scanned here at Gelatin, in partnership with CSM.
May 2026 · with Kodak Professional
Taylor Pendleton
Self-taught photographer turned filmmaker and director — National Geographic, Spotify, the Andalucía Tourism Board — on bringing analog into a professional practice. Portraiture is her bread, landscapes are her butter; find her slowing down on “graincheck.” See Taylor’s work.
Your session here
Want to lead one?
We’re always looking for photographers and makers with something worth teaching. Say hi at [email protected].
Watch anytime
Lab Learning
Same ground as a session, from your couch. Three to start with — getting the most out of a flat scan, editing with intent, and putting a set together.
Editing Flat Scans
Scans made with our Flat Earth GelForm arrive flat on purpose — it holds every highlight, midtone and shadow detail in the negative. One tool in Lightroom, the Tone Curve, balances them in seconds.
The Darkroom in Lightroom
Film photographer Kelsea Callister on masking and the HSL sliders — selective edits for skies, skin tones and tricky light, kept subtle enough to stay natural.
Read the write-up →Presenting & Pairing Your Images
Documentary photographer Francesco Aglieri Rinella — who showed Apparent Death with us — on pairing and presenting your images for a book, zine or gallery project. Follow along in Lightroom.
More from Francesco: A Portrait of Alec Soth →Read up
Lab Learning, in writing
More lessons at your own pace — written up by the photographers who shot them.
Developing Your Style (feat. GelForm)
Kelsea Callister on finding a photographic style of your own, and the GelForms that suit it.
Sun Tools and Tracking the Sun
Why light direction changes everything, and the tools that tell you where the sun will be.
Shooting Film at Concerts & Festivals
Gabby Rizzolo from our own team on shooting shows — low light, fast moves, five tips.
Composing Instagram Posts
Kelsea Callister on the nuances of putting your photography out on Instagram.
35mm vs 120: the Differences
Two formats, two feels — grain, detail and cost, and how to pick for what you’re shooting.
Where it happens
Gelatin Labs, East Village
The same location your film gets developed in. Materials, drinks and good people included — just bring yourself.
37 E 1st Street, New York, NY 10003
Get directionsSee you at the lab. — the Gelatin crew
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