WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Photographer in Residence

Fast Forward; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 13,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend

Free materials

Professional development

Public program hosting opportunities

Job summary

WORTHLESSSTUDIOS invites photographers to a one-month residency inside a mobile darkroom Airstream, offering access to develop new work, a stipend, and materials. Residents will document sites and may host a public program while creating and printing photographs.

Selected artists join a dynamic program across NYC sites with opportunities for professional development and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Create and print new photographs.
• Embed in a community/place to document and develop site-specific work.
• Host a public program related to the residency.

Job description

The WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Photographer in Residence program is a unique 1-month-long analog photography residency taking place inside an Airstream trailer converted into a darkroom. PIR gives photographers and photography-based artists exclusive access to the Airstream darkroom to process film and make new work, plus a stipend, materials, and the possibility to host a public program.

Due to the mobile nature of the Airstream, artists in residence get to be embedded in a community or place they wish to document, with easy access to the darkroom to create a body of work that is site-specific.

Resident artists are selected through an open-call process, and will receive a stipend, free materials to take and develop photos, and free professional development opportunities. In residence, artists will create and print new photographs.

In 2027, seven artists will participate in a one-month residency from April to October. WORTHLESSSTUDIOS will offer residencies in the five boroughs of NYC, in partnership with local sites and arts organizations such as Alice Austen House (Staten Island), Inspiration Point (Bronx), The Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn), The Center for Arts and Advocacy (Brooklyn), The Lower Eastside Girls Club (Manhattan), and NYC Parks (5 Boroughs).