How the old Photo-Co-op is really paying dividends in 2010

These are the rules.

It’s a ‘No’ to children, animals, smoking and naked flames. But it’s a big ‘Yes’ if you need an exceptional studio facility in London. Photofusion, based in Electric Lane SW9 (not even a distant relation to 10Watt Studios – that we featured in our last issue!) promotes itself as the city’s

largest independent

photography resource centre. Which is no real surprise when you take a look at the services and facilities on offer at this key imaging centre of excellence: fully equipped

studio; darkrooms; film processing; digital hire facilities plus a gallery space which attracts over 30,000 visitors a year to its exhibitions. Additionally, a comprehensive range

of courses for

professional , student

and

a m a t e u r photographers. And that’s not counting a serious programme of outreach projects

‘We all love the Bowens Hi-Glide system. It makes life somuch easier’

across the Lambeth area of London. The business was originally formed in 1984 as The Photo Co-op – and seven years later evolved

into

Photofusion, Brixton. The company receives regular funding from the Arts Council and fuses its grant with its commercial activities income. Says studio manager

Paul Ellis: “As innovators our constant ambition is to promote a ladder of

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