RITphoto News: Workshop a Big Success

RITphoto’s Optimizing Digital Outcomes Workshop a Big Success January 10, 11, and 12, Nitin Sampat and Michael Peres hosted ten members of the Smithsonian Museums digitizing department for a three days hands-on immersion into using new technology . The focus on the seminar was to improve imaging outcomes for the various Museums within the Smithsonian. […]

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Student Feature: Ashley Crichton

RITphoto asked sophomore Ashley Crichton to share her story. I grew up in Palo Alto, California, just south of San Francisco. I never lived anywhere besides Palo Alto before I came to Rochester NY to attend RIT. I was pretty nervous about the move, but now a year and half later, coming  cross country to […]

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RITphoto News: Altered Image Contest

Is winter real or not? 🙂   Winter break will soon be over and on Tuesday January 16, 2018, the spring semester begins. It is remarkable how fast times passes. We thought it would be fun to share an interesting project Prof Christye Sisson and Ted Kinsman are working on. Thanks for staying in touch with […]

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RITphoto News: Facebook Surround360 VR camera project

Surround360 VR camera project by Nitin Sampat During the summer of 2016, RITphoto and Facebook, Inc discussed the idea to build, test and deploy an 8K, stereo surround 360 camera. A collaborative group, “frameless labs” , comprising of students and faculty from RIT have been working together on this project since that time. The project […]

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Student Feature: Christopher Beitz

We invited Christopher Beitz to share his story photo by Scott Semler I grew up in a small town just south of Buffalo, NY. After graduating from high school in 2011, I enrolled at Erie Community College and pursued an associate’s degree in communication and media arts for two years while living at home. My […]

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Faculty Feature: Professor Angela Kelly

Professor Angela Kelly Self Portrait circa 1978 Developed over a lifetime, my artwork explores related concepts within a fine art and documentary practice. Subject matter includes: girl culture, re-purposing the family album as art, and exploring the idea of place within historical memory and visual culture. I arrived at RIT in 1994 from Chicago, having […]

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Faculty News: Professor Roberley Bell exhibits and publishes New Book

Still Visible After Gezi – part of the exhibition Wanderlust, University of Buffalo Galleries, & Do you know this tree? Visual Studies Workshop Press (2017). by Roberley Bell  Professor Fine Art In 2010, as a Fulbright scholar,  I lived in Istanbul, Turkey. A project that began accidentally while there has now become an exhibition and […]

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Student Feature: Traci Westcott

We love sharing stories about our talented and dedicated students. Traci Westcott shared her experiences at RITphoto below. Bio I’m a 3rd year photojournalism major from Brockport, N.Y. From as young as I can remember I saw the world differently than most. I’ve always enjoyed problem solving and approaching situations from outside angles. People are […]

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