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This semester I have been blogging about the various BS and BFA programs at RIT Photo. My last post but not my least post will discuss the Fine Art photography option. What is fine art photo? It is a BFA program that nurtures a photographic artist’s personal vision by helping them develop self-expression. From my […]

It’s the 7th Week of the spring semester and my next blog topic is about the BFA major in photojournalism. Photojournalism studies the photo documentation of social issues, people and events directed to diverse and modern media outlets, including digital and print. The photojournalism classes teach students how open themselves up to a new world […]

This week is about Visual Media! Is that a form photography? Well it is a photography major at RIT! Visual Media is a BFA program that explores the professions of photography, graphic communications, media design, and business. Students focus on areas of graphic work, print media, multimedia and social media, and take classes that investigate […]

I thought my next blog post should be about my major, the BFA photo in advertising photography. What is advertising photography? As you might have guessed, some of the courses teach how students how to make photographs that you see in magazines, in posters, or on social media. It’s a type of commercial photography that […]

I hope you had a great break and the spring semester is going well. I thought my first blog post of this semester should investigate the various programs in RIT Photo and I chose to start with Photo Sciences. Yes, there is a photo science major at RIT and it is one of the few […]

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 […]

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 […]

As a non-member of Photo House and a photography student in RIT Photo, I have always been intrigued by this group since I arrived at RIT a few years ago. Photo House is a residential community of students and alumni who share a common interest in photography. They are a special interest floor or residential […]

The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences invites applicants to apply for a tenure track, assistant professor position in its Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program as an Advertising Photographer. We seek an enthusiastic practicing assignment photographer dedicated to the education of image makers to join our top-ranked photography school. We are searching for a […]

RIT Photo loves to celebrate student success. It has been a few months since we featured a student and we are delighted to showcase the work of 3rd year photojournalism student, Eakin Howard BioEakin Howard was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina and was surrounded by the arts his whole life. Photography in particular […]