Nostalgia and passion fuel young couple running old-school photo labFritz Pinnow"It all started as a small passion project," says Fabriccio Díaz, 28, who, together with his wife Lucía Ramírez, 25, runs the only fully operational photo film development lab in Central America from their apartment in Guatemala City.
And so, the Arca Film Lab was born in September 2023 as a simple Instagram page offering film development services in Guatemala.
Through analogue photography, I have to make conscious decisions about my photos and focus solely on the act of photographing.
Having physical photos to hold is also something that Steven López from the US highlights as an advantage of analogue photography.
"Photography and especially analogue photography is just the best way to document and experience cultures.