Joshua William Yates (He/Him) is a photographer based in Savannah, Georgia, USA. His journey started at 15 in a high school darkroom, sparking a lifelong connection to analog processes. His photographs explore themes of solitude, impermanence, and transformation, particularly in abandoned industrial spaces and forgotten architecture. Yates is also the President and founder of the Savannah Center for Photography, a nonprofit providing resources to lens-based artists to encourage and promote photography in the region.
Awards & Residencies
2026 Montgomery Photo Festival, Montgomery, AL, Best in Category: Alternative Process (Juror: Dr. Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography, University of Florida Harn Museum of Art)
2026 Winter Residency - Darkroom, The Elf School of the Arts, Hayesville, NC
2025 Slow Exposures Festival, Zebulon, GA, 3rd Place, Main Exhibition (Jurors: Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA and Amanda Smith, Founder and Co-Director, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX)
Exhibitions
2026 Two-Person Pop-Up Exhibition: Joshua William Yates & Octavia Sharp: Resting Places, Slow Exposures Festival, Pike County Chamber of Commerce, Zebulon, GA
2026 Solo Exhibition: Front Row Seats to the End of the World, JEA’s Montag Gallery, Savannah, GA
2026 #FilmIsNotDead, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Michael Behlen, Founder and Publisher, Analog Forever Magazine)
2026 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2026 Questioning a Fly, Camaleón, Savannah, GA (Curator: Alex Mendi)
2025 Abandoned, Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2025 Far Away, The Photopoint Gallery, Richmond Hill, GA (Juror: Joanna Angell, Artist and Associate Professor of Art, Savannah, GA)
2025 After the Harvest, The Cobra Room Gallery, Savannah, GA (Curator: Marcela Sinnet)
2025 Wild Thing, Arts Southeast, Savannah, GA
2025 Focus 2025, Atlanta Center for Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Jurors: Anna Walker Skillman, Co-Founder and Creative Director, and Ashley Linpinsel, Gallery Director of Jackson Fine Art)
2025 HCP's 42nd Center Annual Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (Juror: Dr. Rebecca Senf, Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)
2025 Silver & Salt, Valhall Arts, Ft. Collins, CO
2025 Begin Again, Arts Southeast, Savannah, GA
