SOCRATEENS X WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Winter 2024-25

This past winter, in a collaboratiion between SOCRATEENS and WORTHLESSSTUDIOS, Teaching Photographer Rosemary Haynes led the inaugural Airstream Darkroom workshop series - a complete introduction to analog photography and darkroom printing.

Artist/Publisher Martha Sandoval visited for a session focused on the small-scale independent publishing process. The SOCRATEENS were also introduced to artists such as Aspen Mays, Jenny Calivas, László Moholy-Nagy, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Carrie Mae Weems, Tommy Kha, and Larry Sultan. The students learned how to use a Pentax K-1000, photographed their homes, family, and friends, modeled and made portraits, photograms, contact printed negatives, cyanotypes, and silver gelatin prints. One source of inspiration along the way was the guided tour provided by Andrea Sanchez at MOMA PS1.

The program culminated in this publicaton and an onsite exhibition in the Cubes building at the park in Spring, 2025.

This project was facilitated by: Rosemary Haynes - Teaching Photographer Free Alexander Tripp - Prograsm Manager - WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Sara Sciabbarras - Teaching Artisti - SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK Kylah Washington - Assistant Teaching Artist - SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning - Education Manager - SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK