Sandrian Camera, Morristown’s photo family, joins our film fest family

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From black-and-white to color to digital, the world of photography is ever changing. But in Morristown, at least, there has been one constant for three generations: Sandrian Camera. 

Some lucky director at Friday’s Third Annual MorristownGreen.com Film Festival will win a beautiful tripod, courtesy of the good folks at Sandrian. We are delighted to welcome their family into ours this year. 

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Sarah Sandrian assists a customer at Sandrian Camera on South Street in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

 

The Sandrians have been welcoming shutterbugs into their South Street store since the late 1920s. Sarah Sandrian said her grandfather emigrated from Turkey and set up shop about a block from today’s location. 

What accounts for Sandrian Camera’s resiliency? 

“The people. The service,” says longtime customer Ray Cavanaugh, a watercolor artist from Randolph. Scanning, prints, Christmas cards, note cards… “Any needs I’ve had, they’ve always found ways to do things.” 

“We really care about our customers,” says Sarah, who is about to enter her senior year at the University of Pittsburgh. 

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Myles Sandrian and Barbara Fowler of Sandrian Camera, which has been part of the Morristown business scene since the 1920s. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

 

“Prices are competitive,” adds Barbara Fowler, a longtime member of the Sandrian team. “Sometimes people don’t realize that.” 

Myles Sandrian, 25, says the store’s website also offers some real bargains. Popular services include videotape and film transfers to digital, prints of digital photos and backups of digital photo collections, he says. 

His secrets for success? 

“Adapting to the changes in the technology and being willing to change,” Myles says. “That’s the hardest part.” 

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Ray Cavanaugh, a longtime customer of Sandrian Camera, with one of his artworks that the shop has scanned and framed. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

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