Author: Michael Peres

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Seth Abel was born in Rome, New York. He is completing his fourth year at RIT and is studying advertising photography. Seth will be graduating December 2014.  His work focuses on commercial still-life and narrative portraiture. Q: What was your most challenging assignment as a photography student? A: I feel like the most challenging assignment […]

  Jordan Briscoe was born in North Syracuse, New York, in 1993. She is a fourth-year Imaging and Photographic Sciences major, specializing in Biomedical Photographic Communications. She and will be graduating from RIT in May 2015. Her work is based primarily in high magnified imaging and focuses on engaging viewers with objects not easily seen […]

Students and the Photography School are very lucky to have a huge resource in the Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services. This office is driven by the simple mission:   To provide effective, high-quality services to RIT students and alumni,  empowering and supporting them in the achievement of their experiential learning, career and employment […]