Teaching Assistant Mark Dawson prepares the surface of a piece of aluminum that will be used to make a tintype photograph at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport. The school is seeing a surge in interest in its historical processes class and will be moving their darkroom into a new space in June. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Teaching Assistant Mark Dawson loads a plate holder into a view camera at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Dawson was exposing a sheet of sensitized aluminum to make a tintype. Interest in the school's historical processes class is on the rise and it is moving its darkroom labs into a new space in June. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Jeannie Hutchins soaks a platinum/palladium print in an acid bath in the darkroom of the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport. Interest in a historical processes class is on the rise at the Rockport school. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Courtney Theberge puts drops of chemistry into a glass in the darkroom at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport. Thebarge coated paper with the chemistry to make a ziatype print. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Teaching Assistant Mark Dawson watches a tintype photograph develop in the darkroom at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport. Interest in the historical processes class at the school is growing. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Student Courtney Theberge checks the exposure of a ziatype print with instructor Brenton Hamilton in the darkroom at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport. Theberge is enrolled in the 30-week professional certificate program at the school and graduates in June. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer