Photography

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Student scanning film strips.

At RISD we approach photography as an ever-changing set of technical, conceptual and aesthetic conditions that exist within a broad social and cultural context. Here you make, present and interpret photographic images, learning how to use cultural signifiers, symbols and metaphors in the content and structure of image making.

Alumni

Photography alumni pursue a wide range of options after graduation, with some going on to specialize in commercial or editorial photography and/or video, while others teach, run their own businesses, make and exhibit fine art photography or do a combination of commercial and fine art work. Most become lifelong image-makers adept at expressing a unique way of seeing the world.