To provide a processing method for a photographic material capable of ensuring superior photographic performance in a short time.

The processing method for a photographic material includes a step in which at least one processing solution having a fixed volume is applied to the surface of the material in a rotary sealed chamber in such a way that the volume is extended over a prescribed length of the surface of the material and is repeatedly extended again. The processing solution is applied in at least two stages, the first volume is repeatedly extended in the first stage by the formation of stationary waves in the solution, addition to the stationary waves is carried out in the second stage in such a way that the second volume is coherently mixed wit the first volume and each of the stages is continued for a prescribed time.