The Heartbreaking Love Story of Losing a Film Lab

"We're closing up shop," is what they told me. Behind my face mask, my jaw had dropped. But the rest of my body language permeated complete shock and heartbreak. I moved back to Queens in 2020 and 37th Ave Photo had been my local film lab since coming back. But now they're gone. The knowledge of the old man, his son, and their incredible work has disappeared. In over 12 years of running the Phoblographer, the love story involving film labs has surely had its share of heartbreaks.