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RITphoto invited Olivia Edvalson to share her story. She was born in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Olivia Edvalson is a fourth year advertising photography student and specializes in portrait photography focusing on narrative, emotions, and dreams. What has been your most challenging assignment as a photography student? The most challenging (and most rewarding) assignment I […]

RITphoto invited Dylan Obser – a graduate student who is working on his MFA Photo and Imaging arts – to talk about his experiences in our learning community. He shared his answers in the narrative shared below. I was born in Nyack, New York in 1978. I grew up between parents in metropolitan NYC and […]

RITphoto invited Brennah Rosenthal to share her story. A 2013 visual media graduate, Brennah  has been working in the outdoor industry since graduation and has worked with companies such as North Face, Backpacker Magazine and Climbing Magazine. She is currently the Digital Content Director for the new outdoor startup, Mountain Standard based in Boulder, Colorado. […]

RITphoto is fortunate to have so many talented and driven students. We invited Taryn Ward, a fourth year Fine Art photography student from Rochester, New York to share some of his work. Using both static and moving imagery, his work is often predicated on a conceptual basis and thematically relates to unconventional landscape, idiosyncrasies and […]

Image courtesy of Nick Thomas The Fourth Annual #ritphotoprize by Dan Hughes Your Talent. Your Voice. Your Move. Do you love photography? Are you a high school photography or community college student? RITphoto is looking to recognize photographers from this important group. Together with respected jurors from RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, individuals will be selected […]

Summer is a busy time at RIT  by Michael Peres It hardly seems possible that graduation was three weeks ago. We were just celebrating the class of 2017 and wishing the seniors good-bye. It is such a joyous time of year but shortly thereafter, summer activities began, which means getting ready for the fall semester. […]

Submitted by Therese Mulligan Grants & Scholarships Each April, #RITphoto  identifies full time BFA, BS, and MFA students to receive awards and scholarships recognizing their photography.  The RIT Undergraduate office also offers incoming new students grants and scholarships. The Undergraduate Admissions Office and the Scholarship Selection Committee  automatically reviews student applications for merit-based scholarships and […]

The RITphoto Honor Show 2017 Professors Josh Thorson and Willie Osterman look at a few of the books that were entered into the 2017 honors show The RIT campus was originally located in downtown Rochester. Pictured above is the Clark building where the then called School of Photography was located. The building was used for […]

Saturday May 6, students, faculty and staff from across the entire campus participated in the 10th annual Imagine RIT festival. While the weather was less than ideal, the University reported more than 20,000 people visited the campus. Started in 2008 by then new incoming president William Destler, the Imagine festival has grown in scope and […]

Friday May 5, 2017 Lindsay Sisting and Luke Copping visited RIT and shared their expertise leading a regional assistants workshop for the RIT community. Topics covered included self-promotion, invoicing, bookkeeping and taxes. Also discussed included  what gear to always bring to a job. Copping is the Chair of ASMP National Board of Directors and commercial […]