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| - I was taken to Pikto by one of my closest friends who also happens to be a photographer. The Distillery District is not an area in which I frequently hang, but the last couple trips made me think that I should.
Pikto is a really cool place, even for a regular citizen such as myself. Workstations to be rented by the hour, for all the things that these camera-toting, globe-trotting artists need to do with their digitized images to make them ready for printing, which they also do here. Another amusing activity that you'd (read: I'd) never considered: printing your own photobook! A perfect tool for displaying either work that you've created or work that was created in your honour (portfolios for artists or models, respectively), or a great way to celebrate and immortalize your own fun, friends and family. I recently got a tour of the book-binding facilities and got to see some from each camp. It was also pretty damn exciting.
They carry a wealth of specialty magazines, useful and novelty photo gear, comfy places to sit while you peruse, and some very attractive frames and other display devices. A coffee bar that brews close-to-my-heart Balzac's, and a mini-gallery display that changes monthly make this a rare combination of specialty shop and artsy hang-out.
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