Harvey Milk Photo Center

Serving the San Francisco community since 1940, the Harvey Milk Photo Center is the oldest and largest community black and white darkroom in the United States, and is associated with the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. In addition to the wet lab, the Center provides access to large format printers and film scanning equipment in our full featured digital lab.

The Photo Center also runs many classes throughout the year with an emphasis on analog photography.

We host many events, exhibitions, and lectures, all available for the general public to attend.

The Harvey Milk Photo Center is a part of the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Since 1954, the Center has resided at 50 Scott Street, in the lower level of the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts building at Duboce Park.

Read more about our facility’s history on our About page!