Internship Opportunities at Mount Studio

Mount Studio is now accepting applications for internship positions:
Studio Assistant
Archiving Assistant
Lab Assistant

This is a unique opportunity for young, motivated individuals to gain hands-on experience in a working artist’s studio and analogue film lab environment — while contributing to ongoing creative and archival projects at Mount Studio. University students seeking short-term placement opportunities are welcome to apply.

Internship Details
Duration: 1–3 months
Commitment: Serious and consistent engagement required

After the Internship:
Outstanding interns may be considered for part-time positions at Mount Studio & the Darkroom Lab for a defined period.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from dedicated and passionate individuals who are:

• Interested in photography, visual arts, and creative practices

• Responsible, punctual, and eager to learn

• Able to work collaboratively in a team and also take initiative

• Open to engaging with both technical (lab) and creative (studio) tasks

• Based in Colombo, or able to stay in Colombo during the internship period
  
  

Note: Fluency in Tamil is a plus for the Archiving Assistant role.

Roles & Responsibilities

Studio Assistant

• Assist with the day-to-day operations of Mount Studio

• Support workshops, events, and exhibitions

• Help maintain the studio and provide assistance to resident artists
  
  

Lab Assistant

• Assist with film developing, scanning, and darkroom processes

• Maintain lab equipment and ensure safe working practices

• Support lab-related workshops and client projects
  
  

Archiving Assistant

• Support the digitisation and cataloguing of visual archives and photographs

• Assist in scanning, metadata entry, and archival documentation

• Work closely with the artist on ongoing community and private archiving projects

• Learn hands-on archiving methods and gain exposure to professional archival workflows
  
  

How to Apply

If you’re serious about committing to this learning experience, please send:

A short introduction about yourself (100–150 words)

Why you’re interested in joining Mount Studio

Any relevant experience (optional)

📩 Email: mountsudio55@gmail.com

Join us if you’re ready to learn, contribute, and grow within an active, creative and analogue environment.

Mount Studio—an incubator for experimental and reflective artistic practice—proudly presents the humble opening of its Analogue Film Developing Darkroom Lab, a dedicated space for hands-on photographic exploration, located within the creative environment of the Eastman Atelier.

Founded by artist and photographer Lojithan Ram, Mount Studio is a multi-functional art space, home to a working artist’s studio and personal archiving museum. While it once hosted a wide range of art programs, Mount Studio now focuses exclusively on photography and vintage printmaking workshops, held both in the studio and at external venues.

This new darkroom is more than a technical facility—it exists within the living energy of the artist’s studio, where artistic processes unfold daily. It’s a space where film photography is not just revived but deeply lived, offering a slower, more intentional approach to image-making.

Whether you are an experienced photographer or a curious beginner, this darkroom welcomes you to engage with analogue methods at your own pace.

Black & white and colour film developing

High-resolution film scanning

Sri Lanka’s lowest film developing rates

By appointment only – Special sessions available for those wishing to hand-develop their own film

This intimate lab invites a community of artists, photographers, and film lovers to gather, learn, and create together. It is both a celebration of the past and a bold step into the evolving narrative of analogue photography in Sri Lanka.

An archiving project - documenting my mother’s journey as a poet from the age of 16 to 70. This project brings together photographs from our family album and my recent works, weaving a visual narrative that echoes the stories within her poetry.

Since 2024, I have been gradually digitising the thousands of poems she wrote in notebooks, alongside scanning family photographs, preserving them in a digital format. These materials will eventually come together in an artist’s publication—a dedicated tribute to my mother’s lifelong poetic journey. I hope to secure patronage in the future to bring this publication to life.

As part of this exploration, I am experimenting with different media to interpret and narrate this concept using the materials available. This one-minute video was created as an experimental piece for the Countdown 1-Minute Film Night at Barefoot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Discussion on documentary photography for the Tamil audience in Sri Lanka. Gokul Niranjan in conversation with the Artist Lojithan Ram - Nethra TV - Sri Lanka Rupavahini Cooperation 2023.