Faculty News: Associate Professor Ted Kinsman Wins Schmidt Medal

Summer 2019 Ted Kinsman, an associate professor of photographic sciences in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences was awarded the Biocommunications Schmidt medal. Ted was chosen from a worldwide pool of nominees. The Schmidt Medal recognizes outstanding contributions to the progress of biocommunications. The selection was made by a committee of the nine comprised of […]

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Faculty Profile: Joshua Rashaad McFadden Returns Home

We wanted to introduce assistant professor Joshua Rashaad McFadden to our community. Joshua joined the RIT Photo faculty in August. Prior to coming to RIT, he taught at Spelman College in Atlanta. Joshua teaches a variety of classes in advertising photography and others in the BFA photography program. Below is a portion of some work […]

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Only at RIT: Wet-Plate Collodion

Professor Willie Osterman joined the photography faculty in 1984. He taught Photo I for many years. At that time first year photography classes were 7 quarter credits per term and 21 credits for the year. RIT had more than 160 darkrooms and used 200 gallons of paper and film developers weekly. Now most of the […]

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A Student’s Point of View: Introducing Mia Guariano

Hi y’all! My name is Mia Guariano and I am a third year Photographic Sciences major in the Imaging and Photographic Technology option. I am also (hopefully) working on a minor in advertising and public relations. I am currently from Syracuse, New York, however I have moved around quite a bit. Recently, I have become […]

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Student Feature: Joseph Matty

We invited junior Joe Matty to share his story. Joe is from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Joe has also lived in Powell Wyoming, just outside of Yellowstone National Park, an experience which he shared helped shape him as a person and a photographer. He is currently a third year fine art photo student. […]

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From the Classroom: Making the Invisible Visible

It can be interesting to look at pictures of things that have no scale. This post was created to share photomicrographs taken by students in the High Magnification Photography class. The theme for the final project in the class was “Against Black”. There are a number of techniques that produce images against black such as […]

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RIT Photo Participates in 12th Imagine RIT Festival

Started Imagine RIT was started in 2008 by then President William Destler. In the time since that time, the festival has gained a huge following in the Greater Rochester region and is now an anticipated festival. It is an exciting day for the campus and the weather cooperated this year. It snowed for most of […]

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A Student’ Point of View: The ISL facility

Hi everyone, this is Ashley Crichton writing again for RIT Photo! Today’s post is going to feature the Imaging Systems Lab which is one of the other fantastic facilities located in Gannett Hall. The Imaging Systems Lab is usually called ISL. I mentioned ISL in my third-floor blog post, but I wanted to go a […]

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Summer Workshop for High School Students

Digital Photography for High School Students Workshop July  8-12, 2019 This workshop has been designed for : Students between the ages of 15-18 who are interested in exploring photography. Overview: This one-week intensive summer workshop immerses students into a wide range of experiences using photography. The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences offers a BFA […]

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