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Providence Expo Seminar: ANALOG ADVANTAGES: Why Shooting Film Still Makes Sense with Jonathan Pitts-Wiley

November 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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Date & Time:

November 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location:
Hunt's Photo, Providence
Featuring:
Why is it important to keep film in your workflow? Join Jonathan Pitts-Wiley to help understand!
Skill Level:
All Skill Levels Welcome
Co/Guest Instructor:
Photographer Jonathan Pitts-Wiley
Important Notes:
You should receive a confirmation email upon signing up. We will also send a reminder 48 hours prior. If you need to cancel for any reason, please email us at classes@huntsphoto.com.
Join film-first hybrid photographer Jonathan Pitts-Wiley for a workshop that explores his journey from digital to film photography, what working in analog taught him about his craft, and why he encourages every photographer to keep a film camera in their kit.

 

Photo by Andre Gatlin

Jonathan Pitts-Wiley is a portrait photographer and co-founder of the Rhode Island-based Black photographer collective, The Vanta Guild. In the summer of 2021, Jonathan collaborated with renowned photographer Mary Beth Meehan to produce Witness, an exhibition that explores the life and times of his late grandmother, Annye Raye Pitts. In December 2022, his was one of five portraits selected for the City of Providence’s “Who We Are Now?” public art banner project.
A Yale graduate, Jonathan is the Creative Director at Curiosity Store in Jamestown, Rhode Island and has, since 2010, been the Artistic Director of Pawtucket, RI’s Mixed Magic Theatre. Jonathan is married to Mixed Magic’s music director, Kim Morrison Pitts-Wiley. The couple has two children.

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