free film : nyc - Red hook opening party

Whether you’re an experienced photographer or simply interested in learning how to shoot with 35mm film, come pick up a roll and celebrate the kick off of WORTHLESSSTUDIOS’ FREE FILM : NYC at 133 Imlay Street on Sunday June 5th 3pm–5pm. RSVP here.

FREE FILM : NYC follows the footsteps of the previous iterations as a meditation on community and local culture. The Airstream-darkroom will take up residency in a given neighborhood and distribute free rolls of film to the general public, and WORTHLESSSTUDIOS will partner with local community organizations and hold youth workshops where students will learn how to use a film camera, focus a lens and process and print film using professional equipment provided by FREE FILM. Over the course of the next year and a half, the project will make its way around New York to document each borough, neighborhood by neighborhood. 

The first neighborhood is Red Hook, where WORTHLESSSTUDIOS has partnered with local arts nonprofit Pioneer Works to host the Airstream-darkroom, distribute film and teach photography classes to locals. Participating photographers of all ages will shoot within the boundaries of one neighborhood at a time, responding to the prompt “ONE SQUARE MILE.” Pioneer Works’ Artist-in-Residence will teach a series of workshops for 5 Red Hook Arts Project students and to interested Red Hook locals. Upon completion of the project across NYC neighborhoods, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS will produce a FREE FILM : NYC book.

“I’m beyond excited to reactivate our Airstream with local NYC photographers. The New York photo community has been a major contributor to the FREE FILM project from the beginning and I can’t wait to see how we photograph ourselves and the communities we live in.”

Neil Hamamoto, Founder and Creative Director of WORTHLESSSTUDIOS