Studio Baxton is, above all, a story of passion. A studio dedicated to preserving the collodion process since 2013 in Brussels, founded by film photographers with a passion for the equipment of yesteryear. Here, everything breathes artisanal photography: from large format cameras to 90s cameras, including developer baths.

The camera shop is a vibrant space dedicated to film photography, where each camera or accessory has a story to tell. Baxton is an unusual place, a cross between a studio, a lab, a gallery, a bookstore, and a boutique. People come here to have their films developed, have their portraits taken, find a unique camera or a book, or visit the current exhibition.

The shop is described as an Aladdin’s cave for film photographers. Customers can find second-hand cameras, film, paper and chemicals, and darkroom accessories.

Located on the upper floor of the store, the gallery offering photographic exhibitions dedicated to artists working with analog or alternative processes.

Baxton studio offers individual photography workshops in various film techniques: developing black and white or color film, printing, introduction to cyanotype, collodion, polaroid. Experience a collodion portrait, a unique 19th Century-style photo session using the wet collodion technique, a handcrafted photographic process invented in 1851, with a 120-year-old wooden camera.

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The photography exhibition Géographie Humaine (Human Geography) at Studio Baxton in Brussels brings together the distinct works of photographers Baudoin Lotin and Daniel Boreux, who both share a deep fascination with documenting the human experience. On view from Oct 1st to Nov 29th 2026 at the Studio Baxton Gallery. While the two artists capture different stories from different perspectives, their photographic expressions ultimately look in the same direction—focusing on human connection, stillness, and everyday life.
Baudoin Lotin has spent over fifty years traveling the world, capturing encounters rather than events in places like Mexico, Romania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His work is rooted in geography and permanence, capturing timeless scenes, gestures, and silences that bridge the gap between the observer and the observed. On the other hand, Daniel Boreux, a general practitioner and photographer, takes a more intimate and contemplative approach. His quiet gaze captures simple fragments of life, bodies, and subtle details in the crowd that might otherwise go unnoticed. Together, their complementary styles offer a poetic and profoundly human look at the world.