Photo Arts 101: Walk-Through Fall 2019

There are seven sections of PHAR 101, the required first year photography class all RIT Photo students take. There are approximately 100 students in all of the sections. Each section was required to participate in the annual walk-through celebration organized during finals week. Preparing for the walk-through requires students to develop their own projects and […]

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Pop-Up Classes at RIT Photo

This year, the photojournalism faculty launched an exciting series of one credit weekend classes called mini-workshops or pop-up classes. The workshops were designed to bring new influences to the school and open up the curriculum to interdisciplinary approaches. It was our hopes that the workshops would add flexibility to our course offerings. We invited award-winning […]

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Faculty Profile: Joshua Rashaad McFadden Returns Home

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 […]

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Only at RIT: Wet-Plate Collodion

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 […]

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Only at RITphoto: Production Photography

PHAP 337 – Production Photography Spring 2018 by Clay Patrick McBride Senior Lecturer, Advertising Photographer From the course syllabus “Production Photography focuses on the storytelling side of professional illustration. Assignments for the course will include recreating historical events, inventing futuristic scenes, creating believable period pieces. All of the assignments will have an emphasis on narrative solutions. […]

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Imagine RIT 2018

Members of the RITphoto community have been serious contributors to the Imagine festival for 11 years.  The RIT campus produced  a record 438 exhibits this year. Shared below are a number of snapshots of members of the RITphoto community including faculty, staff, students showcasing their displays. Even though it rained the entire day, no one’s […]

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A Student’s Point of View: Not a Class but Just as Valuable

Magazine Mondays This is Ashley Crichton writing again for RITphoto! One of my favorite parts about the RITphoto is the community that exists within the School. Magazine Monday is an event started this year to help enhance our community.   It was started by one of the advertising professors, David Turner. Every Monday, David puts […]

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Faculty News: Professor Roberley Bell exhibits and publishes New Book

Still Visible After Gezi – part of the exhibition Wanderlust, University of Buffalo Galleries, & Do you know this tree? Visual Studies Workshop Press (2017). by Roberley Bell  Professor Fine Art In 2010, as a Fulbright scholar,  I lived in Istanbul, Turkey. A project that began accidentally while there has now become an exhibition and […]

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