The Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park is currently closed for repairs. Meetings are running as usual. Alternate locations are listed on each event. See the calendar for details.
A camera club for people who print their work
San Diego, since 1941. Visitors are welcome at every meeting.
Photograph: Haressh Vibhakkar, August Sunset in Motion
Darkroomers is a San Diego camera club built around the printed photograph. Each month, members hang prints and have them critiqued out loud by a working photographer, educator or curator. Film or digital, beginner or professional, the print is what we talk about. We have been doing it since 1941.
Visitors are welcome at any meeting. You do not need to be a member, and you do not need to bring anything.
Founded
1941, with roots to 1927
Meets
7:00 PM
1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesdays
Home
Photographic Arts Building
Balboa Park
Dues
$55 a year
Three Wednesdays, Three Different Experiences
All three are open to the public. Bringing prints to the critique is for members only, but guests are welcome to sit in and learn.
First Wednesday
Guest Speakers
Working photographers, educators and curators present their work and talk about how they made it.
Third Wednesday
Print Exhibition
Members bring prints for live critique by an invited artist or educator. Accepted images hang in our gallery in the Photographic Arts Building.
Fifth Wednesday
Member Spotlight
One member takes the floor with a travel story, a personal project, or a technique they have been chasing.
Up Next
- Oct21
October 2026 Exhibition
Photographic Arts Building (Balboa Park), San Diego
- Oct24
On Location: Dia de Los Muertos in Old Town
Cosmopolitan Hotel, San Diego
- Nov4
Luminosity Hacker with Robert Pendleton
Photographic Arts Building (Balboa Park), San Diego
Visit Our Balboa Park Gallery
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park is currently closed for repairs. Meetings are continuing at alternate venues. See the calendar for details.
Saturdays, 12 to 4pm
Photographic Arts Building, Balboa Park
The club keeps a permanent gallery in the Photographic Arts Building, alongside other members of the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs. Free to visit, no membership needed. The prints change with each monthly exhibition.
Photograph: Rochelle Villanueva, Pretty as a Picture
What membership adds
Every regular meeting is open to the public. You can hear a speaker, sit in on a critique, and see the prints as a guest. Membership is what lets you participate.
Bring your own prints
On third Wednesdays, members bring prints for live critique by an invited artist or educator. Accepted images go on the wall in our gallery in Balboa Park.
Photowalks and travel
A photowalk somewhere in San Diego County every month, plus 1-2 longer trip each year. Past trips include Joshua Tree, the Eastern Sierra and California's Central Coast.
Competitions
Four themed competitions a year, judged online, plus the juried year-end each January and interclub rounds against the other SCACC clubs.
Visit Darkroomers
There is no charge to attend regular meetings as a guest. When you're ready, membership is $55 a year: download the application, bring it to a meeting with your dues, and you are in.