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Greenlandic Sledge Dog; An Icon of the Frozen Arctic| Photographs and text by Denis Defibaugh Many people ask me why I wanted to go to Greenland to work on a photography project. Actually, most people think I went to Iceland. While Greenland is a remote and cold island, it has one of the most unique […]

November 3, 2017 Professor Emeritus Doug Lyttle passed away. He was 98. Pictured above is Douglas Alfred Demetrios Lyttle, and his wife were photographed by RITphoto alum Dimitri Papadimitriou. Lyttle was a professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. He was a beloved teacher of photography from 1969 […]

Hello from Ashley Crichton. You may recall I write posts for RITphoto. I recently I spoke with first-year student Sophia Cox about her experiences so far as an advertising photography student. Sophia first became interested in attending RIT because she is from Rochester and – at the time – both of her parents worked at […]

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 is excited to introduce Ashley Crichton, a second year advertising photography student. Ashley will be working for the School as a student blogger.   Ashley wrote, I will be writing about my experiences as a student at RIT. I want to explore how the school has developed its programs that leads students through a […]

VISUAL MEDIA SEED PACKAGE DESIGN ROCHESTER COMMUNITY PROJECT with SHAWN DUNWOODY The FRUITBELT Project by Laurie OBrien Last year, students in my Elements of Visual Media Class PHVM-204 teamed up with Rochester Community Leader and Artist — Shawn Dunwoody.  Shawn is known for his community-led text murals that you see all over Rochester.  At the […]

RITphoto’s Optimizing Digital Outcomes Workshop a Big Success January 10, 11, and 12, Nitin Sampat and Michael Peres hosted ten members of the Smithsonian Museums digitizing department for a three days hands-on immersion into using new technology . The focus on the seminar was to improve imaging outcomes for the various Museums within the Smithsonian. […]

Twelve Years of Instant Photobooks by Frank Cost James E. McGhee Professor School of Photographic Arts & Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology Twelve years ago, on Valentine’s Day 2006, I was riding in the back of a taxicab in the South Indian City of Chennai and I wanted to capture a video clip of the […]

RITphoto asked sophomore Ashley Crichton to share her story. I grew up in Palo Alto, California, just south of San Francisco. I never lived anywhere besides Palo Alto before I came to Rochester NY to attend RIT. I was pretty nervous about the move, but now a year and half later, coming  cross country to […]

Faculty Leaves: An Opportunity for Professional Growth and Development by Willie Osterman PHOTO BY MIKE HANLON One of the many wonderful opportunities afforded to a professor who teaches in the higher education world is a faculty leave or professional development ( as RIT likes to call them aka the sabbatical). To receive a professional leave […]