Grad School App #2

Rochester Institute of Technology

I find I am very drawn to this school due to the location as well as its prestige as a fine art school. The student as well as faculty work uses photography as a gateway medium into creating artwork. Much of the work starts out or ends as a photograph but has so many other elements that add to the process to create the final image. This school is very different goal wise from SCAD due to its fine art approach with more emphasis on concept. Like SCAD though, it still focuses on using the education process to further the careers of its students by providing classes that teach about how to presnt oneself as a professional photographer through building up a portfolio as well as finding career opportunities.

Professor Work: Myra Greene

"Myra Greene was born in New York City. She received her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and her MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico.  She enjoys exploring photographic processes to engage issues about the body, memory, the absorption of culture and the ever shifting identity of African-Americans. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationally including Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California; Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia and Sculpture Center in New York.  Myra is the recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Photography in 2009 and has completed residencies at Light Work in Syracuse New York and the Center for Photography at Woodstock." (Myragreene.com)

Student Work:

James Bellucci

"I grew up in the rural town of Jefferson, Maryland. In 2002, I received a B.F.A. in Photography from Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia in spring 2002. In spring 2003, I joined the Blue Elephant, a collaborative art space while working as an Executive Assistant at the Delaplaine Visual Art Education Center in Frederick, MD.
In June 2009, I received a M.F.A. in Imaging Arts and Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Currently, I work as an Assistant Registrar in the Office of Collection Management at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film and teach photography as an adjunct professor at Monroe Community College." - James Bellucci