Author: School of Photo

Intersession experiences reconnecting with Alumni By Associate Professor Dan Larkin I traveled to the west coast during our first ever semester break. I have been at RIT for 25 years so this was a really new experience. Craving warmth and sunshine, I found a reasonable airfare and car rental combination that I couldn’t pass up. […]

DATELINE: RIT Photo is happy to announce the continuation of an exciting new major: Cat Photography! Get an up close and personal view of this new major and realize the thrills and chills that come from photographing our feline friends. So get out the camera and cat toys! Explore what this new major has to […]

Flying above harbors, creating powerful images of cargo ships, cruise ships, tugboats, cable layers, warships and barges reflects a choreographic and navigational process. By bringing seafaring familiarity; knowing one’s subject and solving aerial image production with navigation and maritime savvy, the privilege to produce images in this realm is awesome. Creating images however is a […]

During the first week of March, I had the pleasure to visit the RIT campus and share with students my experiences since graduation. I talked about my life as both an artist and as co-director of Circuit Gallery. I currently live and work in Toronto, Canada, where I am able to maintain a studio practice […]

I am a relatively new member to the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences faculty.  As an artist, I primarily make objects. I find my position as part of the photography faculty intriguing and I trust my students find it equally so. So, you may ask “why am I here?”Art is art, everything else is […]

On February 28, The Alexia Foundation announced RIT photojournalism student Sarah Ann Jump has received an Alexia Award of Excellence for her project “New Roots: Refugees Resettling in America.” The project is a photographic documentation of the first year of resettlement for a refugee family settling in Rochester, New York. It was also announced that […]

The William Harris Gallery, formerly known as the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS) gallery, presents its first exhibition in its newly renovated space on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology. The State of Things, a collaborative exhibition by RIT senior fine art photography students, opens with a reception from 5 to 7 […]

The very first intersession at RIT seemed relatively quiet in Rochester. Very few members of the photography faculty were in the halls of the School because many of them participated in exciting international activities. We hope this will be a trend for future intersessions. Students and alumni alike had unique opportunities during this 3 weeks […]

Feb 6 and 7, 2014,  ’94 alum Robert Johnson visited RIT. Robert is the director of photography at the Weather Channel where he oversees all photography at the network. He is responsible for setting the Channel brand and engaging viewers using photography across all the Weather Channel’s digital and television platforms. Prior to joining the […]

The spring semester began January 27, 2016. A unique class offered at RIT is Photography and the Light Microscope. This class – taught by Professor Michael Peres – was first offered in 1988. It is very popular for the both the technology students as well as those in the arts. MFA students have also enrolled […]