Author: Michael Peres

Right from the start of becoming an RIT Photo student, I have enjoyed working with my advisors. They are so helpful and approachable. I am becoming more aware about how important good advising is. I thought it would be interesting to feature my advisors as my second post. Paul Muenzer and Stephanie Solt are College […]

Summer 2019 Ted Kinsman, an associate professor of photographic sciences in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences was awarded the Biocommunications Schmidt medal. Ted was chosen from a worldwide pool of nominees. The Schmidt Medal recognizes outstanding contributions to the progress of biocommunications. The selection was made by a committee of the nine comprised of […]

We wanted to introduce assistant professor Joshua Rashaad McFadden to our community. Joshua joined the RIT Photo faculty in August. Prior to coming to RIT, he taught at Spelman College in Atlanta. Joshua teaches a variety of classes in advertising photography and others in the BFA photography program. Below is a portion of some work […]

Professor Willie Osterman joined the photography faculty in 1984. He taught Photo I for many years. At that time first year photography classes were 7 quarter credits per term and 21 credits for the year. RIT had more than 160 darkrooms and used 200 gallons of paper and film developers weekly. Now most of the […]

Hi y’all! My name is Mia Guariano and I am a third year Photographic Sciences major in the Imaging and Photographic Technology option. I am also (hopefully) working on a minor in advertising and public relations. I am currently from Syracuse, New York, however I have moved around quite a bit. Recently, I have become […]

Hello my name is Emily Sudock. I am a sophomore advertising photography student and I am excited to now be working as the RIT Photo student blogger. I am replacing Ashley Crichton, who previously was in this role. For my first post, I thought I’d share a little about myself.  I’m proud to call RIT […]

We invited junior Joe Matty to share his story. Joe is from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Joe has also lived in Powell Wyoming, just outside of Yellowstone National Park, an experience which he shared helped shape him as a person and a photographer. He is currently a third year fine art photo student. […]

It can be interesting to look at pictures of things that have no scale. This post was created to share photomicrographs taken by students in the High Magnification Photography class. The theme for the final project in the class was “Against Black”. There are a number of techniques that produce images against black such as […]

Every year, RIT Photo produces an exhibition of the student work. The School’s faculty select the best work of the year using a web judging portal. This judging portal and required software was created as a capstone project at RIT and coordinated by RIT Photo faculty member Nanette Salvaggio. From the images that were invited […]

Started Imagine RIT was started in 2008 by then President William Destler. In the time since that time, the festival has gained a huge following in the Greater Rochester region and is now an anticipated festival. It is an exciting day for the campus and the weather cooperated this year. It snowed for most of […]