Well-liked New York Movie Pictures Retailer Will get Shiny New Location

A preferred movie images retailer in New York that generally has big traces snaking exterior of it has moved to a much more seen location.

Photodom was beforehand housed in an outdated, back-alley Bushwick constructing on the third ground. It meant that prospects wanting to go to the 400-square-foot store needed to stroll up three flights of stairs.

But the brand new “bigger and better” flagship retailer has moved to a way more conspicuous location on close by Broadway that has a street-level storefront and bigger sq. footage.

“So far it’s been such a great change for us, from being on the 3rd floor of a walk-up for almost 5 years,” founder Dominick Lewis tells PetaPixel. “Our staff loves it, our customers love it, and we’re getting a lot of great foot traffic because we’re located right off of a train stop.”

Photodom is best-known for its movie providers, with prospects with the ability to purchase second-hand analog cameras and the group providing movie processing; 120, 35mm, and APS. However, it additionally sells merchandise, equipment, and clothes, in addition to placing on common workshops, together with programs on the right way to develop movie and photograph critique periods.

In a latest YouTube video, Lewis gave a tour of the brand new movie laboratory on Broadway, which features a Noritsu V5, which may course of 50 C-41 rolls of movie per hour. The store additionally has a “unicorn” Noritsu V30P B&W, which was transformed from a conventional C-41 processing machine.

Lewis tells Hyperallergic that Photodom started life in 2020 after he raised greater than $35,000 on GoFundMe to deliver his dream of an analog retailer to life. No doubt helped by the latest resurgence of movie images — which has led to producers making model new movie cameras — Photodom has gone from energy to energy.

Back in 2023, the shop went viral after a TikTok video confirmed big traces snaking out of the door and down the alleyway as over 2,000 folks waited for an opportunity to snap up an analog digital camera for as low-cost as $5.

Photodom’s new tackle is 1717 Broadway. Check out their Instagram

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Image credit: Courtesy of Photodom.