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We are Come Through Lab, an independent photographic lab based in Ancoats, Manchester. Born out of a desire to provide a much needed service to Manchester's artists, photographers and creatives. We combine the experience and expertise of a pro lab with the speed and ease of a mini lab; maintaining the professionalism and highest quality service but in an accessible, affordable and inclusive way.

18/06/2026

Thursday Feature #24

Name: Sasha Shuttleworth
Instagram: Sasha Shuttleworth
Image title/ project: Dancers at Hope House Leeds, from my project ‘Together On The Floor’
Honing in on local nights and independent venues, ‘Together On the Floor’ made across dance floors in the North West situates itself in a wider lineage of nightlife photography which takes seriously the experience of people on a night out. The project poses the coming together of people as a sacred activity, and invites you to see it so too
Film: Kodak UltraMax 400

Lab Details
Process: C41
Scanner: Noritsu HS1800

For our 5th year we want to shout about our amazing clients in every way we can, so from now until the end of the year we will be featuring a photographer or artist each Thursday. As part of this we will be producing a 10x8 print of each featured image with the plan to exhibit all of the images in an exhibition at the beginning of next year.

We are so privileged to work with such a broad range of photographers and artists who all have such a diverse range of practices and approaches to using the lab - we want to be able to reflect this on our platform and spend this year building an even stronger community.

08/06/2026

SILVER SERVICE EP 002: BADA BING

For our second instalment of Silver Service, we dropped by sandwich dons and asked them to shoot their service on a 35mm film camera, provided by our friends at

This time the film stock used was Fujifilm 400 colour 35mm, which offers cool tones, rich greens, and fine grain.

We loved seeing behind the schemes of this iconic deli, we felt like a member of the team ourselves. Where would you like to see the Silver Service camera go next? Let us know.

04/06/2026

Thursday Feature #22

Name: Ellen Moss
Instagram:
Image Title: Tegan
Camera: Pentax K1000
Lens: 50mm
Film: Ilford HP5

Lab Details
Process: B&W
Scanner: Noritsu HS1800

For our 5th year we want to shout about our amazing clients in every way we can, so from now until the end of the year we will be featuring a photographer or artist each Thursday. As part of this we will be producing a 10x8 print of each featured image with the plan to exhibit all of the images in an exhibition at the beginning of next year.

We are so privileged to work with such a broad range of photographers and artists who all have such a diverse range of practices and approaches to using the lab - we want to be able to reflect this on our platform and spend this year building an even stronger community.

28/05/2026

Thursday Feature #21

Name: Violet Xanthe Bennett
Instagram:
Image title: “The day you plant the seed is not the day you pick the flower.”
Camera: Nikon FM2
Lens: 28mm
Film stock: Kodak Gold 200

Process: C41
Scanner: Fuji Frontier SP3000 uncropped scan

For our 5th year we want to shout about our amazing clients in every way we can, so from now until the end of the year we will be featuring a photographer or artist each Thursday. As part of this we will be producing a 10x8 print of each featured image with the plan to exhibit all of the images in an exhibition at the beginning of next year.

We are so privileged to work with such a broad range of photographers and artists who all have such a diverse range of practices and approaches to using the lab - we want to be able to reflect this on our platform and spend this year building an even stronger community.

23/05/2026

Competition Shortlist 🏆

We are very excited to announce the 5 individuals who have been shortlisted for our Moments of… Reflection exhibition. The exhibition launches with an opening party on Thursday 28th May 6pm til late, the overall winner will be announced at the event that evening.

Massive congratulations to and

We received a total of 144 submissions which we were completely blown away by, all of the submissions we received will be printed 6x4” and displayed on the tables at during the exhibition opening as well as being included in the projected slideshow - this will be for one night only so be sure not to miss it!

The selected 5 artists work will be on show for 1 month at the track taproom

This years responses have been incredible, with so many strong entries that responded both literally and conceptually to the brief, there was so much creativity on show and we got a beautiful sense of what makes us reflect on the wider world around us. We truly cannot wait to see you all on Thursday.

Thank you to our incredible judges and and to as always 💚

21/05/2026

Thursday Feature #20

Name: Becca Middleton
Instagram: .middletonn
Image Title: Ruby
Camera: Mamiya RZ67
Lens: 110mm f2.8
Film Stock: Portra 400

Process: C41
Scanner: Noritsu HS1800

For our 5th year we want to shout about our amazing clients in every way we can, so from now until the end of the year we will be featuring a photographer or artist each Thursday. As part of this we will be producing a 10x8 print of each featured image with the plan to exhibit all of the images in an exhibition at the beginning of next year.

We are so privileged to work with such a broad range of photographers and artists who all have such a diverse range of practices and approaches to using the lab - we want to be able to reflect this on our platform and spend this year building an even stronger community.

20/05/2026

Come Through Lab x Track Brewery

Thursday 28th May at Track Taproom 6pm till late

Join us for the competition winner announcement and the exhibition of the 5 shortlisted photographers, there will also be a slideshow of all submitted work, 6x4” prints made from all of the submissions we received, music and of course beautiful beers. This will be a fantastic event and a great opportunity to socialise, meet like minded artists and enjoy all things photography.

This is gearing up to be a fantastic event and certainly one not to miss.

We can’t wait to see you there 🎉

14/05/2026

Thursday Feature #19

Name: Sam Binstead
Instagram:
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: 90mm f3.5 K/L
Film: Kodak Portra 400

Lab Details
Process: C41
Scanner: CCD flatbed scan
Darkroom: Hand print on Fuji Crystal Archive

For our 5th year we want to shout about our amazing clients in every way we can, so from now until the end of the year we will be featuring a photographer or artist each Thursday. As part of this we will be producing a 10x8 print of each featured image with the plan to exhibit all of the images in an exhibition at the beginning of next year.

We are so privileged to work with such a broad range of photographers and artists who all have such a diverse range of practices and approaches to using the lab - we want to be able to reflect this on our platform and spend this year building an even stronger community.

07/05/2026

Thursday Feature #18

Name: Christos Konnaris
Instagram:
Image Title: Kaimakli at Dawn
Camera: Nikon F3
Lens: 20mm F2.8 AIS
Film: Ilford HP5+

Lab Details
Process: B&W
Scanner: Noritsu HS1800

For our 5th year we want to shout about our amazing clients in every way we can, so from now until the end of the year we will be featuring a photographer or artist each Thursday. As part of this we will be producing a 10x8 print of each featured image with the plan to exhibit all of the images in an exhibition at the beginning of next year.

We are so privileged to work with such a broad range of photographers and artists who all have such a diverse range of practices and approaches to using the lab - we want to be able to reflect this on our platform and spend this year building an even stronger community.

02/05/2026

Photographic Competition & Exhibition Open Call 📣

‘Moments of... Reflection’

We are very excited to announce that we are working with on our second photographic competition and exhibition, responding to the theme of ‘Moments of… Reflection’. We will be exhibiting 5 photographic works from 5 photographers, which will be printed, mounted and framed in house by Come Through Lab.

Images will be judged on their strength in response to the theme, we want to see a broad interpretation on the theme of Reflection, this can be a conceptual or literal interpretation. We all take time to reflect, either on ourselves or the wider world around us, on our practice, as well as on the subjects we decide to photograph and the subjects we decide to document. We would love to see a deep and meaningful portrayal of the theme, exploring the things that we reflect on as a wider community or personal moments of quiet reflection.

Competition entries will be shortlisted by Come Through Lab then judged by an incredible panel consisting of:

Kat wood
Marcus Wheeler
Sam Eckersley
Hana Latif
Shane Taylor
And the CTL team

Submissions are now open via the link in bio until 23:59 Friday 15th May.

The 5 selected works will be exhibited at the Moments of... Reflection Exhibition at the Track Taproom. The overall winner will be announced at the Exhibition opening evening at the Track Taproom, Thursday 28th May.

All submitted works will be presented in a projected slideshow at the exhibition and printed 6’’x4’’ for display on the tables at the Taproom on the night of the opening event. We encourage photographers to find their prints, talk about and discuss their work, and even swap prints if they are comfortable doing so. We hope this will showcase a great overview of all the submitted work.

This definitely won’t be one to miss and we cannot wait to see everyone’s submissions.

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84 Silk Street, Ancoats
Manchester
M46BJ

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	11:30am - 3pm

Website

http://www.comethroughlab.com/

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