A collaborative space where analogue and digital print meet
We collaborate with visual artists and creatives to produce the finest quality artwork reproductions using the Giclée print process, printed on premium papers for artist proofs and limited edition prints. Our traditional analogue Black & White darkroom facilities also offer film processing and hand prints, ideal for exhibitions. Whether you seek to bring your art to life in print or capture the timeless beauty of analogue photography, we ensure your vision is realised.
OUR SERVICES
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Use the form to upload any images you want us to print digitally using our exhibition quality fine art and photographic papers. If you have multiple images to send, please zip all images into a single folder.
The Jack Cardiff Icons Print Collection
“How many fellas dream of actually meeting fabulous filmstars? Maybe taking Marilyn Monroe out to dinner, or giving Sophia Loren a ride in his new car? What about a long lovely evening with Ava Gardner in the exotic dark of a nightclub?
Swoon away, it's only a rapturous dream.
But not in my case. I have actually worked and made friends with such a galaxy of ravishing film goddesses to make dreams quite meaningless. Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman, Anita Ekberg, Deborah Kerr, Gina Lollabrigida, Lesley Caron, Moria Shearer, Jean Simmons, Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, and Sophia Loren to name but a few.
This headspinning assemblage was not only to be gazed at. It was my work. I had to study every subtle curve and shadow to make sure that such delectable beauty was faithfully recorded in my camera.
But being friends of the famous sometimes has its problems.
When I took Sophia Loren out to dinner in Tripoli our table was against a huge window and shortly after starting our dinner, I looked around to see hundreds of faces pressing against the glass, watching us eat like gold fish in a bowl.
Yes, sometimes I fell in love, but that's when you have to say, it's only a dream!”
Jack Cardiff 2003
Meet the Team
Simon Regan
With over thirty five years experience in the field of advertising photography, I can appreciate that your image is precious and needs to be reproduced in print as your vision intended.
The printing side of my work was really guided by the vision that the influential cinematographer Jack Cardiff wanted to achieve when we worked together in the late nineties and early 2000’s on reproducing prints from his original neagtives he shot of Hollywood icons such as Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. Jack had printed silver gelatin prints when he shot the portraits in the 1950’s and 60’s but this was the only time he had actually produced prints. Jack was always an innovator in his cinematography, and when I showed him that new printers using the archival Giclée process could reproduce his images in such detail and on beautiful papers, he was excited to explore the process further.
As a result, my journey helping other visual creatives realise there vision of the perfect print was born. I am excited now to offer traditional analogue and superb digital Giclée prints to you with the help of Charles and Marc.
Marc Arkless
I discovered my passion for photography while studying at Hornsey college of Art in London during the late 1970s.
Initially aspiring to be a furniture designer. I shifted to photography after borrowing a Pentax K1000 and soon purchased my first SLR, a second-hand Soviet Russian Zenit E.
In 1980, I enrolled at Swansea College of Art and have since worked in the industry, including 30 years at Fotogallery Cardiff whilst also teaching at the Workers' Educational Association and Cardiff University.
My most notable achievements include traveling Wales with Joseph Kodelka in 1998, exhibiting work across the UK and Europe, and self-publishing two books: "This is Not My Beautiful House" (2021) and "Nothing is Further Away Than One Minute Ago."
With extensive knowledge of the history of photography and the science behind the zone system of exposure, I hope that I can be an assistance to photographers with a passion for Black and White Imagery.
Charles sebestyén-Regan
Growing up around cameras and artists due to my father's work, my interest in imagery started early.
After completing my A-Levels, I pursued a career in the Film & TV industry as a Grip Assistant. Following the Writers and Actors strike in late 2023, I joined The Red Room to help structure our services
With training from Marc and Simon. I learned traditional analogue processing and printing methods.
My goal is to keep the passion for both digital and analogue photography alive and to build a collaborative space where creatives can produce and display their exeptional work.
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The Red Room
Unit 7
Ely Brewery Workshops.
Station Terrace
Cardiff
CF5 4AR
Telephone: 02922 805939
what three words: ///fact.into.proud
Opening Times:
Monday Closed
Tuesday 12:00-19:00
Wednesday 12:00-19:00
Thursday 12:00-19:00
Friday 12:00-19:00
Saturday 09:00-13:00
Sunday Closed