Contact Sheet by Frank Cost

A few years ago a triptych arrangement of three photographs of my mother – taken around 1950 – was discovered in a box in the basement of my parents’ home in Syracuse, New York.  The three frames had been printed onto one sheet of 11 by 14 glossy photo paper with captions written in ink […]

From the Classroom: Updates from Photographic Technology 1

The Photographic Technology class instructor, Nanette Salvaggio shared her thoughts about the first month of this class. We are just finishing the fourth week of the Fall semester and the students are now pretty acclimated to the class expectations. The Photographic Technology class explores the contemporary  technology required to produce photographs.  The first few months […]

#RITphoto faculty publishes new book

#RITphoto is pleased to help celebrate the book release of Greg Halpern, an associate professor of fine art photography. This book is Greg’s third book and is titled ZZYZX. The book, published by MACK London, United Kingdom contains 128 pages and  77 full color photographs. Share below is the book’s cover. Pictured to the left […]

RITphoto: Summer Reflections & New Offerings

The parking lots are again full at RIT and classes have begun. Both the RIT Photography Store and the Digital Den stocked their shelves in advance of more than 19,000 students returning to campus last week. We are excited to share RITphoto’s freshmen class is the largest since 2008! Horray…           […]

Image Permanence Institute seeks a new director

Executive Director  Image Permanence Institute wanted             The Image Permanence Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York is seeking an Executive Director. The Executive Director will provide leadership and strategic direction for the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) of RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, a […]

Summer at #RITphoto 2016

When the calendar reaches July 4, some people at #RITphoto think the summer is more than half over. Summer typically is a time of planning, getting ready for the fall, and time away from campus for the dedicated faculty who are working on numerous self-directed initiatives. It is also construction season on the RIT campus. […]

#RITphoto produced Ten Exhibits at the Imagine RIT 2016 Festival

Saturday May 7, 2016, RIT produced its 9th Imagine RIT festival. This festival began in 2008 at the suggestion of RIT president William Destler. It has been a wonderful addition to RIT and the entire campus is one big open house. Both students and faculty alike showcase their work during this 8 hour extravaganza. #RITphoto […]

RITphoto Faculty on Social Media

The RITphoto faculty is a big and diverse group. We love the variety of things they do out of the classroom. On May 7, many will be participating in the Imagine RIT 2016 festival showcasing what they or their students do. There are more than thirty-five and you can read about them by following this […]

Alumni feature – Erin Gabreski

We never know what an #RITPhoto alum is going to do after graduation. We featured Erin Gabreski as a student September 2014. You can read that post on the following link and read below to see how her life has progressed since graduation in May 2016. In the two years since that post, Erin has […]

Faculty Feature – Josh Thorson

Josh Thorson is an assistant professor of fine art photography in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. He joined the full-time faculty in the fall 2015. He works with video and his projects straddle the line between fiction and non-fiction. His work has been displayed world-wide in exhibitions such as Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, the […]