Photo By: Grace Coudal
LATITUDE is a nonprofit community digital lab in Chicago.
2003 W Fulton St, #211, Chicago, IL 60612 | info@latitudechicago.org | 773-888-2241
We maintain a digital lab with high-end printing and scanning equipment, process 35mm and 120 color negative film, operate an artist in residence program, and organize ongoing arts programming. We gladly welcome all members of the public, including artists, photographers, students, educators, and enthusiasts.
THIS WEEK IN THE LAB
SLEEVING NIGHT: WITH ADRIAN OCTAVIUS WALKERSaturday, June 27th 2:00 - 6:00
A Film Photography Community Work Session
WHEN: Saturday, June 27th from 2:00pm-6:00pm - You’re welcome to join at any point during the four hour session!
WHERE: LATITUDE, 2003 W Fulton St. Suite 211
COST: Free to Attend
INSTRUCTOR: Adrian Octavius Walker
What to Expect:
We’ll walk through how to properly handle, cut, and sleeve your film, while also talking through simple ways to organize and archive your work. Most of your time will be spent working with your film, asking questions, and learning through doing in a relaxed, small-group setting.
You’ll leave with sleeved negatives and a clearer workflow you can build on.
What to Bring:
Developed (uncut) rolls of film if you have them (35mm or 120)
Any negatives you’d like to organize or re-sleeve
Your own archival sleeves or storage materials if you already use them.
Purchase our optional add-ons by June 22nd ! We will have your binder and sleeves ready for you on the day of the workshop.
OPEN STUDIO WITH ELIZA MYRIEThursday, June 25th 5:30 - 8:30
Thursday June 25th Open Studio
5:30 - 8:30
Eliza has been working in the lab printing images from their Sandwall series on our Canon large format printers and is also beginning a new phase of research through scanning sand samples. It has been a pleasure to see these investigations into the intersections of sculpture, photography, and digital processes. Join us Thursday night for a peek into eliza’s Latitude Studio!
BETTINA GROSSMAN: FILM SCREENING & ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONGABRIEL MORENO, B.INGRID OLSON AND ALEX CHITTY
Friday, June 26th 6:00 - 8:30
Friday June 26th
6:00 - 8:30
Please join Gabriel Moreno in conversation with Alex Chitty and B. Ingrid Olson at Latitude for a film screening of “Girl with the Black Balloons” and discussion exploring the work and life of Bettina Grossman.
In April 2026, Latitude was invited to bring a group of artists to the Ruth Foundation for the Arts for the closing of “Original Order, Order Original,” an exhibition of Bettina’s work across photography, film, sculpture, painting, printmaking, bookmaking, textile, text, and commercial design.
Playing with the archival principle “respect des fonds,” The Ruth Foundation and Rivers Institute for the Arts curated Bettina’s work as a dialogue between the original order of the work’s context and its shadow. The original order and its inversions were synthesized into an exhibition that was arranged and rearranged over the course of its run. Like a river, it is never to be met the same way twice.
All are invited to gather and reflect in a roundtable format on how they met the exhibition . Piecing different vantages of this show together, we hope to explore Bettina’s work and how preservation and re-contextualization feed each other. A 60 minute film about Bettina, “Girl with the Black Balloons” will be screened as a shared entry into her work , from which our roundtable conversation will commence.
WHAT WE OFFER
DIY Lab Access
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DIY Lab Access *
We’re proud to provide artists, photographers, and members of the general public access to our lab space and equipment as DIY users. Make a reservation to use a scanner or printer!
Printing & Scanning Services
Pairing the highest professional standards, equipment, and technical knowledge, our Printing & Scanning Services are here to fulfill a variety of printing, scanning, and imaging services.
FILM DEVELOPING & minilab scanning
LATITUDE processes 35mm and 120 Color-Negative film! Disposable cameras too! Looking to have your rolls scanned? Our Minilab Film Scanner digitizes 35mm or 120 Color-Negative, Black-and-White, and Slide film.
