Showing posts with label AUTOPHOTO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AUTOPHOTO. Show all posts

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Picture this: A museum devoted to vintage photobooths opening in the Lower East Side

A new museum and gallery space dedicated entirely to vintage photobooths opens this Saturday, Oct. 11, at 121 Orchard St., between Rivington and Delaney. 

Called AUTOPHOTO, the female-founded venue is part archive, gallery, and working studio, with six restored booths that visitors can use to create authentic vintage-style photo strips (priced $8–$12). 

The space also features historical displays and rotating exhibitions from artists who work within the format's signature four frames. Among the highlights: a rare color-chemistry booth, an original Polaroid photobooth and 100-year-old artifacts tied to inventor Anatol Josepho. 

AUTOPHOTO will be open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. 

Once a fading novelty, photobooths have made a comeback in recent years, with some young adults preferring the imperfect magic of a chemical print to another phone filter. 

Photo courtesy of AUTOPHOTO