Olivia Arnone is a fourth-year fine art photography student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in suburban New Jersey.  She transferred to RIT after studying photography at Parsons, The New School in New York City. At RIT, she has continued to build her portfolio into a […]

RITphoto Aerial Photography and Videography by Frank Cost The desire to see the world from above is deeply rooted in human experience. At the beginning of the present decade a breakthrough in technology initiated a new aerial seeing revolution. This was the multi-rotor drone, with four or more rotors, capable of carrying a camera and […]

RITphoto invited fourth advertising photography student Julia Prisaznuk to share her story Julia Prisaznuk grew up in Lockport, New York, a town just north of Buffalo. She graduated Lockport High School in 2014 and enrolled at Rochester Institute of Technology. She started as an Advertising and Public Relations major in the College of Liberal Arts, […]

Photojournalism student, Bryan Bennett​ made the front page of the New York Times sports section and was also featured in a full page image in Time magazine. The image was also widely used by other publications. (You can search his name and LeSean McCoy to find more use of this image). Bryan is working as […]

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 […]

Assignments for Teaching Photography by Michael Peres Pictured above are photography students from the Allendale Columbia School who visited RITphoto in June. We love hosting these students and enjoy their enthusiasm for the subject. During these visits we have often heard that teaching photography in high school can be challenging. Some schools do not have […]