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Is winter real or not? 🙂   Winter break will soon be over and on Tuesday January 16, 2018, the spring semester begins. It is remarkable how fast times passes. We thought it would be fun to share an interesting project Prof Christye Sisson and Ted Kinsman are working on. Thanks for staying in touch with […]

Surround360 VR camera project by Nitin Sampat During the summer of 2016, RITphoto and Facebook, Inc discussed the idea to build, test and deploy an 8K, stereo surround 360 camera. A collaborative group, “frameless labs” , comprising of students and faculty from RIT have been working together on this project since that time. The project […]

We invited Christopher Beitz to share his story photo by Scott Semler I grew up in a small town just south of Buffalo, NY. After graduating from high school in 2011, I enrolled at Erie Community College and pursued an associate’s degree in communication and media arts for two years while living at home. My […]

Professor Angela Kelly Self Portrait circa 1978 Developed over a lifetime, my artwork explores related concepts within a fine art and documentary practice. Subject matter includes: girl culture, re-purposing the family album as art, and exploring the idea of place within historical memory and visual culture. I arrived at RIT in 1994 from Chicago, having […]

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 […]

We love sharing stories about our talented and dedicated students. Traci Westcott shared her experiences at RITphoto below. Bio I’m a 3rd year photojournalism major from Brockport, N.Y. From as young as I can remember I saw the world differently than most. I’ve always enjoyed problem solving and approaching situations from outside angles. People are […]

The School receives a number of inquiries each year about what equipment is necessary for first classes. We produced this short video to overview these important pieces of equipment. If you have additional questions, please email us at: spastour@rit.edu  

I was born and raised in Bucks County, PA. Growing up art surrounded me everywhere.  I made my way up to Rochester and I am currently a third year biomedical photography student. Why did you choose RIT? In high school, my college search started later than most kids. I was set on only applying to […]

RIT PJ Students and Alum at the Eddie Adams Workshop by William Snyder Five members of the RIT photojournalism family—including current fourth-year students and two alumni—recently returned from The Eddie Adams Workshop. The workshop is a highly competitive, free, four-day workshop for 100 pre-selected college students and young professionals. It is held in the bucolic […]

Every day, we are genuinely surprised with how terrific RITphoto students are. Bio: I was born in Mexico and grew up in Cancun. I lived in Cancun for 19 years until I came to RIT. Cancun is not the paradise everyone thinks it is. It can actually be a little boring if you don’t like […]