For Immediate Release Students in the Contemporary Media and Communications class (PHMS 743) at RIT in collaboration with InterVol– a non-profit located in Rochester NY – are raising money to help build, Ecole L’Erudit de Léogâne (School of the Scholar) in Léogâne, Haiti. The project seeks to raise money to sponsor teachers, pay tuition, provide […]

Hello, I am Emily SuDock and I am the RIT Photo student blogger. I am a rising senior studying advertising photography and I am working on a minor in public relations. Writing this last blog post is so bittersweet. Michael Peres, the former RIT Photo Associate Director is completing his term in that role and […]

I’m excited to introduce you to my last – but certainly not least – alumni interview. For this post I interviewed Steve Giralt! Steve joined the RIT Photo School as an advertising photography major and graduated May 2002. Steve is a 1st generation Cuban American originally from Miami, FL. After graduating high school he got […]

The next alumni I am excited to introduce is Kirsten Francis. She graduated from RIT Photo as a Visual Media student in 2015. After graduation, she worked at a tech company doing e-commerce photography for one year and then moved to New York City to pursue photography in 2016. Kirsten now lives in Manhattan and […]

Sam Cannon is the next alumni I’d like to introduce you to in this series. I was able to talk to Sam over Zoom and learned about her journey in the the time since graduation! Sam graduated from RIT in 2014 and has experienced many roles including artist, photographer, and art director. She is based […]

I am excited to introduce you to the first post featuring a series of Alumni who I will feature in the next month. The first Alumni I will feature is Tom Brenner! Tom is a photojournalism alum who graduated in 2016. I thought it would be interesting to share his story, how he came to […]

Are you a student looking for an internship or a co/op that could be useful in expanding your experiences? Or are you an employer or alum interested in supporting a student intern? For this post, I thought it would be interesting to interview three women with experience and advise on the topic. Nan Burgess Whitman […]

 It’s the 5th week of Spring semester and this blog post will explore student and teacher perspectives on how they have been staying inspired. This is the third consecutive semester affected by Covid and for some, there are feelings of being uninspired or for some they are inspired by new circumstances. I believe that sharing […]

It’s now a new year and I had a great winter break. I hope you had a nice holiday with your friends and family while staying safe in this unusual time. I am glad to be back at RIT and enrolled in 3 photography courses. I’m looking forward to continuing my work as a student […]

In this blog post, I want to introduce you to four photography students. I invited one from each year to share their perspectives about being on “Zoom University”. I was curious how other students are doing and their approaches to using Zoom in their classes. I thought their approaches might help you figure out how […]