I’ve been working on a project in Texas for the past two years and have just come back with several rolls of Ilford B&W C41 film.

Four of the rolls processed came out incredibly grey and grainy and essentially…wrong. After bitter complaining to the developers and their argument that I just took crap photos I took them to a specialist who has said the negs were developed wrong.

I’m a little devastated as the contact prints look exactly how I’d hoped the photos would and I’m now a bit confused as to what to do.

The man I spoke to said they should be recoverable in a darkroom, it’s been a 2 years since I have been in a darkroom (due to expense) so really my questions are…

Does anyone know of an easy way to rectify this and also of a reasonable place to rent darkroom time that might also offer a refresher course?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Charlotte