Category: Alumni

RIT Photo loves to features alumni success stories. We are pleased to introduce you to Lianne Farynyk A Short BioHi, my name is Lianne and I work at a digital marketing and technology agency called Beamly as an associate content strategist. I am from New York City and returned to the City after graduating from […]

Alumni are always welcome to share their story and 2017 grad Katie DiFrancesco was interested. After Katie successfully finished her courses in May 2017, applied to, and was invited to work in the White House. She shared her story below. Biography:| Katie DiFrancesco graduated May 2017 and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Photographic and Imaging […]

RITphoto invited Brennah Rosenthal to share her story. A 2013 visual media graduate, Brennah  has been working in the outdoor industry since graduation and has worked with companies such as North Face, Backpacker Magazine and Climbing Magazine. She is currently the Digital Content Director for the new outdoor startup, Mountain Standard based in Boulder, Colorado. […]

We never know what an #RITPhoto alum is going to do after graduation. We featured Erin Gabreski as a student September 2014. You can read that post on the following link and read below to see how her life has progressed since graduation in May 2016. In the two years since that post, Erin has […]

RIT Photography is excited to share an update on our next renovation. The School is housed in the Frank E Gannett building and it was built in 1968. At the time, it had 151 darkrooms. Over the course of the last decade many of these darkrooms became dormant. Two summers ago, 20 darkrooms were renovated […]

Hello! I’m Maria Sharp, a 2013 photojournalism graduate. Since graduating I have started my own wedding photography business in Cleveland, Ohio. I’m in my second season and things are going great! I’m able to use my storytelling skills that I learned while at RIT to create meaningful, gorgeous images that my clients can cherish for […]

Hi, I’m Meghan Jordan, a 2013 Fine Art Photography graduate. One of my favorite courses at RIT was History & Aesthetics of Photography, finding myself enamored as we traversed the timeline of photographic history. I realized that, though the majority of people own a camera, very little know how the process evolved from a large […]

Hey everyone my name is Lia DiRico and I graduated last year from the Biomed Photo program. My life since RIT has been a whirlwind of random events, only some pertaining to photography. As much as I value our program and enjoyed the things I learned while in school, I needed a break when I […]

Hi! I’m Kristi Neilson, a 2014 Fine art photo graduate from RIT. A few months after I graduated I packed what I could in my car and moved cross-country from CT to sunny LA. Best decision I ever made! Starting a new life and career somewhere is not easy but it is most definitely exciting […]

My name is Juan Madrid and I graduated from the fine art photography program in 2013. I’m currently working on my own photographic projects while working the occasional odd job. Since graduation, I haven’t actively pursued employment in the photographic industry – I’ve worked a few non-photo jobs to earn money to support myself. I have […]