A Student’s Point of View: Moving Forward

Welcome back Tigers. I hope you are well and healthy. I’m stoked to be back in school, I missed having a sense of purpose or having a routine. Quarantine created battles for every one of us but we made back here to RIT even though it may have seemed like forever. All we can do […]

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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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Alumni Feature: Lianne Farynyk

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 […]

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A Student’s Point of View: Other Important Influences when at College

Sometimes being a student does not provide enough emotional satisfaction and students look elsewhere to broaden their experiences. RIT provides so many clubs and extracurricular opportunities including Greek life. It should be no surprise that Greek Life at RIT is much different than anything you’ve seen in movies.  That being said, I though it might […]

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A Student’s Point of View: Being a Student Athlete

I have enjoyed blogging this semester and for this post I thought it might be interesting to feature a student athlete. In particular I wanted to share some of the realities of being a D1 student athlete at RIT.  I’ve always been curious about why athletes do what they do, and the academic lifestyle they […]

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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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Outside of the Classroom; NPPA

Why I Get Involved with New Things by Ashley Crichton Hello everyone. This is Ashley Crichton writing again for RIT Photo! This week, I will be talking about National Press Photographers Association, or NPPA. The RIT chapter of NPPA part of a National Organization that is dedicated to promoting photojournalism and creating a community of […]

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2018 RITphoto Scholarship Winners

Every spring semester, the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences invites students to submit portfolios for consideration of one or more of the School’s many work-based scholarships. A scholarship committee, consisting of faculty drawn from all of the school’s programs, evaluates portfolios based on the intent of individual scholarship donors. These scholarships are possible because […]

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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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