This year students had an incredible trip, meeting with over twenty-five inspiring and influential people in the field. Both BFA and MFA students met with artists, curators, editors, and other professionals. The travel class is led by Greg Halpern.
Yasufumi Nakamori, Curator of Photography, Tate Modern, LondonHank Willis Thomas, artistLauren Winfield, Content Director, Magnum PhotosCurran Hatleberg, Photographer featured in 2019 Whitney Biennial, showing work-in-progressLeslie Martin, Editor, Aperture BooksDenise Wolff, Editor, Aperture BooksDarius Himes, International Head of Photographs, Christie’sAllison Rossiter, Artist and RIT alumStudents looking at contact sheets at Magnum PhotosMore contact sheets at Magnum PhotosKim Bourus, Director, Higher Pictures GalleryRick Wester, Director, Rick Wester Fine Art, and RIT AlumStacey Baker and Amy Kellner, Photo Editors, “The New York Times MagazineRichard Mosse, previewing his new film before it opens at SFMoMA and ICA BostonSasha Wolf, Photography DealerPhotographer Raymond Meeks showing a book-in-progress.David Strettle, Publisher and bookseller, Dashwood BooksAmanda Webster, Photo Editor at The New York Times and RIT Alum, meeting with us at ApertureSam Cannon, Video Artist and RIT AlumBob Civil, In-house Designer & Creative at The LGBT Community Center, and RIT AlumDavid LaSpina, Photographer, Director of Esto Photo Agency, Publisher of ROMAN NUMERALS and RIT AlumLast but not least, graduate students with my Mom, provider of donuts. 🙂
About Greg Halpern Gregory Halpern has published five books of photographs and is the editor, along with Jason Fulford, of The Photographer’s Playbook: Over 250 Assignments and Ideas (Aperture, 2014). He holds a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. Halpern was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014 and is a member of Magnum Photos. In 2020 he will have solo shows at SFMoMA, the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation in Paris, and Transformer Station in Cleveland.
