Next weekend, Anthony Vizzari of A&A Studios and visiting artist Meags Fitzgerald will give the first of three photobooth workshops at A&A in Chicago. Check out the description of each workshop and sign up if you haven’t already. We can’t wait to see some of the work that results from these sessions.

Workshop One: In Front of the Camera : 10/27/2012

This workshop will give you an introductory knowledge of photobooth mechanics and chemistry. A lecture on photobooth art will show you the possible effects you can achieve.We’ll focus on effects you apply before the photos are taken; experimenting with exposures, filters, gels, mirrors, magnification and external light sources.

Workshop Two: Going Beyond : 11/3/2012

We’ll re-contextualize what photostrips can be with a customized backless analog photobooth being built just for this workshop series. (Think…full body photos!) With it we’ll experiment with focus, wide angle lenses and taking photos at a distance. There will be a short lecture on the workshop’s theme so you can start thinking of larger scale pieces.

Workshop Four: Advanced Techniques & Open Lab : 11/10/2012

This open session allows you to plan and produce your own photos, applying all the skills and techniques from the previous workshops. The instructors will be on hand to help you plan and execute your concept. 

The wonderful exhibition of photobooth art and history known as “Derriere le rideau” opens in its third and final location this week, at the Kunst Haus Wien in Vienna, Austria.

The exhibition has been installed, the booth is set up, and the opening reception is tomorrow, October 9. The exhibition will run until January 2013, and we encourage anyone with an interest who hasn’t had a chance to see it in Lausanne or Brussels to take the opportunity now. The photographs and other works collected in the show will never be assembled in such a way again, and it’s a real sight to see for the photobooth enthusiast.

We look forward to hearing updates from those who attend, and we’d love to post photos and reports from the lucky visitors.

We all read of Meags’ epic travels this summer, and now I’ve had a chance to add all of the new and updated photobooth locations she found to our Photobooth Directory. From Chicago to Toronto to Belgium and France, we’ve got updates on a ton of booths, thanks to her sleuthing. Links to all of the updated booths follow. 

First, in North America, two new booths in Toronto and an updated booth in Chicago: The Steam Whistle Brewery, home to the only black and white photobooth remaining in Toronto, and the Gerrard Square Shopping Centre; plus a new booth at the Empty Bottle in Chicago,

Across the Atlantic, Meags confirmed, denied, reported, and recounted visits to more than a dozen photobooths. First, we’re very excited to be able to add Belgium to our list of countries with a working photochemical photobooth available to the public. Thanks to the installation of the “Derrière la Rideau” exhibition at Le Botanique, denizens of Brussels now have a lovely black and white machine to enjoy.

Installed and run by La Joyeuse de Photographie, the machine will remain at the museum now that the exhibition has moved on to Vienna. 

​​We’ve added a few new French locations thanks to Meags’ visit. First, a gorgeous booth at ​​L​e​s​
​R​e​n​c​o​n​t​r​e​s​ ​d​’​A​r​l​e​s in Arles. The show ended in September, so we’ve probably lost our chance to visit, but hopefully the booth will find a new permanent home soon.

New booths can also be found at ​​F​o​r​u​m​ ​d​e​s​ ​i​m​a​g​e​s, ​B​a​t​o​f​a​r​, ​​L​a​ ​C​i​t​e​ ​d​e​ ​l​a​ ​M​o​d​e​ ​e​t​ ​l​a​ ​D​e​s​i​g​n, and ​​L​a​ ​M​a​i​s​o​n​ ​R​o​u​g​e, plus a new booth at C​i​t​a​d​i​u​m​.

Meags also provided updates (some booths gone, some still around, some slightly changed) to the following Paris locations: ​P​a​l​a​i​s​ ​d​e​ ​T​o​k​y​o, ​A​u​ ​v​i​e​u​x​ ​S​a​u​m​u​r​, ​​C​i​t​a​d​i​u​m​ ​B​e​a​u​b​o​u​r​g​, C​i​t​a​d​i​u​m​, ​L​e​s​ ​P​r​a​i​r​i​e​s​ ​d​e​ ​P​a​r​i​s​, and ​Cinematheque de Française​​.

Thanks again to Meags for all of these updates. The rest of us have to be content to travel vicariously through her as she visits every photobooth under the sun, and we appreciate her bringing us along with her plentiful and detailed reports.