Alumni feature – Jessica Todd Harper

We asked Jessica a 2001 MFA alum to answer a few questions about her career What are doing professionally? My chief focus is my fine art work.  I have a new book, The Home Stage, coming out in November http://www.artbook.com/9788862083645.html with essays from Alain de Botton and Alison Nordström.  There will be exhibitions in New […]

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Alumni feature – Amy Fronczkiewicz

I consider myself unbelievably fortunate to be able to love my work, and work at what I love, photography. It may sound trite, but I always knew photography was exactly what I wanted to pursue. As a kid I worshiped my sister and her 35mm camera. At the time I was not allowed to touch […]

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Alumni Feature – Professor Beth Ann Benetz, CRA, FOPS

Beth Ann is a Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an accomplished ophthalmic photographer and researcher. She  directs activities for two ophthalmic reading centers, Retinal Disease Image Analysis Reading Center (REDIARC) and Cornea Image Analysis Reading Center (CIARC) at Case Western Reserve and UH […]

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Alumni feature: Underwater Photography

Underwater Photography by  Yasmeen Smalley When I think back to this last time last year, I remember feeling a combination of fear and excitement. It was a cocktail of nerves felt by most graduating seniors. At the time I was finishing up two degrees, Photojournalism and Biomedical Photographic Communications, and was hesitant to enter the […]

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Alumni Feature: Captain Jonathan Atkin HEROPROJECT.US

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 […]

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What Happens During Intersession, Part 2

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 […]

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Careers in Motion – ’94 Alum Robert Johnson visited RIT

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 […]

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Alumni Feature — Josh Lehrer

We asked some of our alumni about why they made the decision to attend the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at RIT and what they’re doing since graduation. Here’s what Josh Lehrer shared with us: I’ve always been a camera geek since I was in grade school. I knew I wanted to go to […]

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Alumni Feature — Kane Giblin

When I was in high school, I took a few darkroom photography classes, which is how I decided that I wanted to go to school for photography and, eventually, become a professional photographer. I’d had a passion for photography for so long, that when I got to RIT, my goal was to work hard, move […]

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