Student feature – Erin Gabreski

Erin Gabreski is from Buffalo, New York. She is a fourth year visual media student at Rochester Institute of Technology. Erin loves to combine images with type and use graphic designs useful for eye catching and appealing pieces of advertising. More specifically, she is interested in packaging design and company branding. She has been on […]

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Faculty Profile – Ted Kinsman

Ted Kinsman is an assistant professor of photographic technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Hired in 2013, he teaches advanced photographic technology, light microscopy, and macro photography courses. He also contributes to the scanning electron microscopy and high-speed imaging facilities and labs. He is working  to increase collaborations between departments with several new initiatives. […]

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Student feature – Nicole Leclair

About Nicole Nicole Leclair is a senior at RIT and is studying Visual Media. She is from the “quiet corner” of Connecticut. She is interested in the history of photography, museum studies, imaging systems, graphic design, and marketing. What was your most challenging assignment as a photography student? [NL] Last year, I began working on […]

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Student Feature – Allison Parssi

Allison Parssi is a third year fine art photography student from West Palm Beach, FL. Her work focuses on medium format photography and she is working on  a minor in museum studies. She spent the summer as an intern at the Richard Avedon Foundation in New York City. She devotes a great deal of time […]

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Faculty feature – Christine Shank

Bio: Christine Shank earned her BFA in photography from Miami University of Ohio and a MFA from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. She is an assistant professor and the Director of the MFA program in Imaging Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the United […]

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Only at RIT – The Faculty, Curriculum and Careers

The RIT experience is immersive and diverse. Students enroll in photography classes right from the beginning of their education in year one and in the first semester. It is an applied education that provides a wide range of general education experiences. RIT offered its first photography class in 1902. The entering first year class of […]

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Only at RIT – Week 2

RIT is a special school. There are very few – if any other – photography schools that provide  the range of classes and activities that RIT does. Rated as the #2 school in the U.S. by Resource Magazine, every day is busy, challenging, and great fun. The fall semester started August 25th. That day was […]

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Student feature – Emily Barresi

Emily Barresi is from Greenwich, Connecticut. She is a fourth-year fine art photography student and is also working on a minor in art history. She will be graduating from RIT in May 2015. Her recent work explores relationships of material possessions and ways mass-produced products convey emotion, sentimentality,and communication. What was your most challenging assignment […]

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Student feature – Jordan Burns

Jordan Burns is from Troy, New York. He received an associates degree in photography from Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York before transferring to RIT. He is a fourth year advertising photography student and will be graduating in December 2014. His work focuses on sport and sports products. We asked Jordan to answer the […]

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