Photo Essay Opinion

Life Behind the Counter at a 35mm One-Hour Photo Lab

11h agovia The Guardian Photography
auto_awesomePixelfetch Take

A first-person essay about working shifts at Rabbit Photo, a one-hour mini-lab in a Westfield shopping centre in the 1990s, processing Fuji 35mm film from the local community. The writing leans into the human side of analogue photography — what people actually chose to photograph and the strange intimacy of being the person who processed it.

Read full articlearrow_outwardon The Guardian Photography
Fujifilm
film photography35mmphoto labpersonal essay

Related

Photo Essays

2026 World Cup Final: Best Images from Spain vs Argentina

Photo Essays

Tom Jenkins' Best Shots from Wimbledon 2026

Photo Essays

Stuart Walmsley Documents Australia's Most Merged Footy Club

Photo Essays

Alessio Mamo on Photographing War's Youngest Survivors

Photo Essays

Three Years With Thailand's Soi Dog Foundation – Photo Essay

Photo Essays

Decades of Displacement in DRC's Hauts Plateaux

More from The Guardian Photography

India's Cockroach Movement Protests Documented in PicturesJULY 23, 2026Frank Hurley's Endurance Photos Digitised, New Details RevealedJULY 23, 2026Alessio Mamo on Photographing War's Youngest SurvivorsJULY 22, 2026David Malin Astrophotography Awards 2026: Finalists GalleryJULY 22, 2026

Stay ahead of the curve

Get the Pixelfetch digest delivered to your inbox every morning.