Vox Darkroom

Today we're sharing the first Lab extra from the new series produced by Coleman Lowndes! Darkroom examines the untold history behind iconic photographs, starting with Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 doomed expedition to the South Pole. A major concern for Scott was documenting his expedition for scientific research, which he relied on photography to accomplish. But taking a picture was a lot more involved a century ago — here's how it worked.