THE DDC TEAM

Jade Mallick – Owner / Creator

Jade Mallick is a fine art photographer, multi-media painter & the proud owner of District Darkroom Coburg.  

At aged 13, Jade stepped into her first dark room and was hooked by the magic of developing photographs. So much so, she convinced her parents to build a darkroom in what was going to be their ensuite bathroom. She has an Advanced Diploma of Illustrative Photography from Photography Studies College in Melbourne. 

Fast forward 25 years and Jade’s still shooting and developing her own film. Her love for analogue and its processes has not changed. Which is why when she had the opportunity to build and open a community darkroom in Coburg, she jumped at it. 

Chip Elliott - Fine Art Photographer & Educator

Chip Elliott is a photographer, painter and educator. He holds a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR. He has taught film and darkroom classes in NYC, Portland and San Francisco and youth photography programs in developing countries modelled on the Literacy Through Photography program developed by Wendy Ewald.

He has been working with film and in the darkroom for over 30 years and also works in traditional photographic techniques including cyanotypes, Van Dyke brown, salt, palladium and platinum prints.