September 1968, the then new RIT campus opened in Henrietta after leaving its City campus. Pictured above and in the lower right is the Frank E Gannett Bldg connected to the James E Booth building. A lot can happen in fifty years and RITphoto is so excited to start another academic year. Summer was quiet […]

Samantha Falgiani graduated from the Biomedical Photographic Communications program in 2014. We knew she was living in Hawaii and thought we would ask what she was doing. In May, when I graduated, I was not exactly sure where my education and the degree would take me. This was in part because I had been exposed […]

RITphoto began offering summer photography workshops for high school students in 2010. William Snyder –a professor in the school – led the first workshop, Photojournalism for High School students,  which has run for eight consecutive summers. In 2015, a new workshop,  entitled Digital Photography was offered. Both of these workshops play important roles in the […]

PHAP 337 – Production Photography Spring 2018 by Clay Patrick McBride Senior Lecturer, Advertising Photographer From the course syllabus “Production Photography focuses on the storytelling side of professional illustration. Assignments for the course will include recreating historical events, inventing futuristic scenes, creating believable period pieces. All of the assignments will have an emphasis on narrative solutions. […]

This article was originally published on PetaPixel.  May 8, 2018 by Frank Cost As Eastman Kodak Company transforms its legendary manufacturing complex, once devoted exclusively to the production of photographic equipment and materials, the management of the Eastman Business Park reached out to me (Professor Frank Cost at RIT) to involve students in learning opportunities […]

PHPS 321 – Photography Using a Light Microscope by Professor Michael Peres The High Magnification Photography discussed what the final project of the High Magnification Photography class should be in week seven, and then in week eight,  and then in week nine and then ….. Really, it was not that complicated but it took some […]

Every year, RITphoto celebrates the end of year with a juried exhibition aptly named the Honors Show. Images selected by the faculty for the annual exhibit are available to members of the RIT community as purchase prizes. Share below are images selected as purchase prizes. You can also watch a video of the Exhibition opening […]

Professor Douglas Manchee   1954- 2018 a revered Photo-Educator, Author, Artist, Photographer, Mentor, Colleague, Friend, Father Doug unexpectedly passed away March 29, 2018. We were all deeply saddened by this loss. Doug was an integral part of the RITphoto community  and is greatly missed. Obituary Doug Manchee, professor and chair of the advertising photography program in […]

Every spring semester, the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences invites students to submit portfolios for consideration of one or more of the School’s many work-based scholarships. A scholarship committee, consisting of faculty drawn from all of the school’s programs, evaluates portfolios based on the intent of individual scholarship donors. These scholarships are possible because […]

Members of the RITphoto community have been serious contributors to the Imagine festival for 11 years.  The RIT campus produced  a record 438 exhibits this year. Shared below are a number of snapshots of members of the RITphoto community including faculty, staff, students showcasing their displays. Even though it rained the entire day, no one’s […]