A Nikon S2 Rangefinder at Coastal Film Lab in Tampa, Florida Credit: Photo via coastalfilmlab/Facebook
Quietly, confidently and as clearly as film will allow, Ybor City’s Coastal Film Lab has made a name for itself in the City of Tampa.

Next weekend the shop located at 1704 N Nebraska Ave. celebrates a year in the darkroom with an art show where the first drink is free.

Join local film buffs for the celebration and maybe pick up some new gear (or develop all those old mystery rolls lying around your house).

This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...