WORTHLESSSTUDIOS’ FREE FILM Project at Art on Paper

In collaboration with The Lower Eastside Girls Club and photographer Destiny Mata

September 7-10, 2023
Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan
299 South Street
New York, NY 10002

Our Airstream-darkroom took centerstage at the Art on Paper art fair! WORTHLESSSTUDIOS presented the work of our LES Photographer in Residence, Destiny Mata. We also ran free analog photography-based public programs. Those that stopped by the Airstream were invited to borrow a 35mm camera, get a free roll of film, and learn how to develop your own photos.

FREE FILM is an ongoing photography project crowdsourcing images from a diverse and spontaneously arranged body of analog photographers. In every iteration, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS provides photographers with a free roll of 35mm film in exchange for their time and creativity. Each participating artist shoots a roll of film in response to a prompt phrase, exploring the emotional resonances of a range of collective and individual experiences. Photographers return their exposed roll for free developing and scanning services and each iteration of FREE FILM culminates with a book featuring a selection of photographs made by the participants.