Outside of the Classroom: Fine Art Photography Program takes Graduate and Undergraduate students to New York City

This year students had an incredible trip, meeting with over twenty-five inspiring and influential people in the field. Both BFA and MFA students met with artists, curators, editors, and other professionals. The travel class is led by Greg Halpern. About Greg HalpernGregory Halpern has published five books of photographs and is the editor, along with […]

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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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Only at RIT: What’s Up in William Harris Gallery

Previously known as SPAS Gallery, the William Harris Gallery was renamed for its benefactor, William Harris, a 1968 BS alumni, who gifted funds to support the Gallery and its renovation in 2013. The Gallery has long been a space for display for the photographic arts and sciences, and, in recent years, has opened up its […]

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A Student’s Point of View: Using Resources

Eric Kunsman is known for teaching printing and color management classes. He is co-coordinator for the annual RIT BIG SHOT along with Dan Hughes another photography professor who both succeeded Michael Peres as the new Big Shot coordinators. Eric is also a lecturer at NTID, the National Institute for the Deaf. Did you know he tutors NTID students […]

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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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A Student’s Perspective: A Beginner’s Guide to the RIT Photo Cage

So, what is this magical place photo geeks refer to as the School’s cage? The cage is the camera gear heaven students visit to check out (borrow) all sorts of equipment. This includes cameras, lenses, flashes and lighting equipment, tripods, and many other camera accessories. CAD and Photo students are allowed to check out equipment […]

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