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ART & PHOTO ISSUE MAY 2019 reporter.rit.edu

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REPORTER EDITOR IN CHIEF Cayla Keiser PRINT MANAGING EDITOR Kasey Mathews ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR Victoria Sebastian COPY EDITOR Mimi Lee NEWS EDITOR Marilyn Wolbert TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Karina Le LEISURE EDITOR Anika Griffiths FEATURES EDITOR Morgan LaMere WELLNESS EDITOR Tyler English VIEWS EDITOR Ali Johnston ART ART DIRECTOR Lily Garnaat ONLINE ART DIRECTOR Monica Nguyen-Vo SENIOR DESIGNER Cassy Smithies FEATURED DESIGNERS Dhensel Dorji, Cassy Smithies, Kevin Zampieron, Elin Smith, Lauren Perttula FEATURED ILLUSTRATORS Asher Bozman, Sara Calhoun, Monica Nguyen-Vo, Maggie Dybas, Angel Krieg, Unique Fair, Maliheh Rahrovan

ART DIRECTOR & PHOTO EDITOR’S NOTE This is our first year in our current roles as Art Director and Photo Editor. Reporter has seen tremendous growth not only in our organization, but also in our staff. We have a diverse group of artists, designers and photographers from multiple disciplines and year levels.

In recent issues of Reporter especially, it feels like we have found a unified, creative voice.

As our team grew throughout the year, we found a rhythm to our workflow. We streamlined our method. We refined our visual assets. We ensured that our staff was all on the same page. These changes have allowed for a smoother production process, shifting our focus from restrictive technicalities to broad concepts. By prioritizing consistency, our voice has taken a more definite form as an advocate for the student body.

We actively set high standards for our respective crafts, and that decision has left us with a motivated staff ready to find innovative ways to tell stories. As the curators of this year’s Art & Photo Issue, we’re proud to dedicate this edition to the most hardworking and talented people on our visual team.

In the year to come, we will continue to seek out ways to push the boundaries of our developed style and brand; we hope to dive deeper into different platforms for showcasing our unique perspective. Reporter is a living, breathing publication that can only become stronger and more realized as we advance.

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO EDITOR Catherine Rafferty FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS Debmalya Ray Choudhuri, Olivia Kaiser, Tess Roberts, Natalie Whitton, Jesse Wolfe, Tony Wen

BUSINESS BUSINESS MANAGER Ward Couillard AD / PR MANAGER Maximilian Italiaander ONLINE

Lily Garnaat Art Director

Catherine Rafferty Photo Editor

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-A.M. The opinions expressed in Reporter do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute. Reporter is not responsible for materials presented in advertising areas. Reporter takes pride in its membership in the Associated Collegiate Press and American Civil Liberties Union. Copyright © 2019 Reporter Magazine. All rights reserved. No portion of this Magazine may be reproduced without prior written permission.

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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S cover illustration by Maliheh Rahrovan

ASHER BOZMAN

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Third Year, Film and Animation

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Second Year, Film and Animation

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SARA CALHOUN

DHENSEL DORJI Fourth Year, New Media Design

DEBMALYA RAY CHOUDHURI

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Second Year, Sustainability Engineering

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Third Year, Film and Animation

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Second Year, Advertising Photography

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MONICA NGUYEN-VO

OLIVIA KAISER

CASSY SMITHIES Fifth Year, New Media Design

TESS ROBERTS Second Year, Graphic Design

MAGGIE DYBAS Third Year, Film and Animation

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NATALIE WHITTON Second Year, Systems Engineering

JESSE WOLFE First Year, Photojournalism

KEVIN ZAMPIERON Fifth Year, Graphic Design

ELIN SMITH Fourth Year, Visual Media

LAUREN PERTTULA

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Third Year, Graphic Design

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Fourth Year, Illustration

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Third Year, Illustration

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Fourth Year, Film and Animation

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ANGELA KRIEG

UNIQUE FAIR

MALIHEH RAHROVAN

TONY WEN First Year, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience

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ASHER BOZMAN

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THIRD YEAR, FILM AND ANIMATION

Asher Bozman is a 2D animator and illustrator who loves mixing mediums, collaborations and storytelling. As an Animation student, he has worked on several short films. Whenever he isn’t busy with work, you can usually find him attempting to communicate with wildlife.

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SARA CALHOUN

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SECOND YEAR, FILM AND ANIMATION

Sara Calhoun is a tiny storyteller studying animation. With both her films and illustrations, she tries to tell the softest and most whimsical stories you’ve ever heard.

When not busy with work, you can find her rolling around in some grass or maybe thinking deeply about jazz.

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DHENSEL DORJI

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FOURTH YEAR, NEW MEDIA DESIGN

Dhensel Dorji is a visual designer who hails from the Kingdom of Bhutan. She has a knack for creativity and enjoys expressing it at any given opportunity. During her time at RIT, she has been involved on campus in numerous creative roles such as Media Director for the Asian Culture Society and as a Staff Artist at the College Activities Board. When she’s not designing, she can be found sipping Thai iced tea, eating copious amounts of spicy food and watching videos of chubby seals.

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DEBMALYA RAY CHOUDHURI

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SECOND YEAR, SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING

Debmalya Ray Choudhuri is a writer and photographer from India currently based out of Rochester, N.Y. where he is studying for his master’s degree. The following is a selection of images from his body of work Tat Tvam Asi. “Tat Tvam Asi (English: All That Is) is a psycho-geographical expedition through a space hidden away from the chaos of the urban city life. Surrounded by the news of political violence, hatred and confronting personal crises, and my own sickness after a year of suffering, [I felt provoked] to go on a journey, not knowing the destination. A place where my very identity would matter less. An unknown land. This helped me to restore a balance in myself and to find my position in the world again.”

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MONICA NGUYEN-VO

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THIRD YEAR, FILM AND ANIMATION Monica Nguyen-Vo is an artist with a love of bright colors, whimsical concepts and pretty backgrounds. She frequently illustrates for independent zines and anthologies. In her spare time, you can find her cooking for her friends, playing music or catching up on her favorite shows.

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OLIVIA KAISER

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SECOND YEAR, ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY Olivia Kaiser initially began at RIT thinking that people are what make a photo, so that is where she focused her efforts. However, through her work, she has since realized that photography is more than just photographs of people.

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CASSY SMITHIES

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FIFTH YEAR, NEW MEDIA DESIGN Cassy Smithies is a user experience designer who has a passion for creative problem solving. She has worked with Reporter for the past four years and held other design roles with General Electric, Valpak of Rochester and the RIT Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education. Smithies plans to co-op this summer at Epic Systems. She is also president of the RIT Gymnastics Club, captain of the Rochester Gymnastics team and can often be found slacklining, playing laser tag or adventuring somewhere new.

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TESS ROBERTS

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SECOND YEAR, GRAPHIC DESIGN Tess Roberts is from a small town an hour east of RIT. Aside from her design work, she is an avid photographer with a fine arts portraiture concentration. One of her proudest accomplishments is having her work published in Photographer’s Forum Magazine. She hopes you enjoy her work as much as she enjoyed making it.

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MAGGIE DYBAS

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THIRD YEAR, FILM AND ANIMATION Maggie Dybas is a storyteller at heart and uses everything they do as an opportunity to try new things. They love pushing style and learning new techniques to create compelling stories and characters. They spend most of their time improving their work, but when they aren’t in the labs, they are spending quality time with friends, going to a movie theater or playing Dungeons and Dragons on weekends.

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NATALIE WHITTON

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SECOND YEAR, INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Natalie Whitton loves nature and candid photography.

She said she enjoys these genres of photography because they allow her to capture something she thinks is beautiful without altering it.

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JESSE WOLFE

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FIRST YEAR, PHOTOJOURNALISM Jesse Wolfe enjoys photographing ice hockey and capturing authentic moments. His passion for photographing ice hockey came from years of playing hockey and his love for telling stories visually.

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KEVIN ZAMPIERON

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FIFTH YEAR, GRAPHIC DESIGN Kevin Zampieron is a visual designer who loves typography, motion design and making cool stuff.

Zampieron’s been at Reporter for five years, and has held multiple roles — staff writer, section editor, staff designer and podcast producer — to be exact. He was one of the creative directors for ellipse magazine in 2018 and has interned at both Iron Design and Fisher Price. Zampieron’s main two hobbies are applying for jobs and hoping he gets those jobs.

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ELIN SMITH

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FOURTH YEAR, VISUAL MEDIA Elin Smith is a Visual Media student with a concentration in Graphic Design and Photography.

She has a natural creative sensibility and is curious about politics, architecture and business management.

She appreciates the process of collaboration and welcomes a leadership role. Currently, Smith is working on her senior capstone project, where she is branding a concept restaurant.

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Han Noodle Bar photography by Tess Roberts

Mamma G’s

D’Mangu

photography by Tess Roberts

photography by Natalie Whitton

Guide to Diverse Eating in Rochester

by Taylor Synclair Goethe | photography by Tess Roberts and Natalie Whitton | design by Lauren Perttula 6 Leisure

Clash of Colleges

by Denice? | illustration by Mom | design by Bill S. Preston Esq.

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he time has come. The colleges at RIT must battle each other to the death.

The sole victor will receive the rare and never before seen gift of school funding.

The game will begin when the final brick drops, and the faint and far cry of an overworked student will fill the windy corridors of campus.

Will you be the victor? Choose your character wisely.

LAUREN PERTTULA

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THIRD YEAR, GRAPHIC DESIGN Lauren Perttula is a designer and illustrator from Idaho with a love for design, art, poetry and working in print-based media. Their promotional piece for the non-profit “TLC for BFRBs” is featured in Cohber Press’ 2019 FUEL project: “For the Good,” along with 11 other design students’ work. In the rare event they have free time, they go on walks, ride a bike or enjoy hikes in the Idaho mountains.

KGCOE Kate Gleason Character of Engineering Skills Handy skills — can create anything like a robot army, photon blasters and spaceships to get the hell out of the game.

Need extra help? Can contact aliens with satellites. Get a cool alien army.

Good with engineering chemicals. Whip up batches of Harry Potter type shit.

Shapeshifting, invisibility — you got it!

Weakness Poor communication skills — hella introverted. If you do contact Aliens, you don’t know what to say to them.

In rare chance of communication, they interrupt other players with “actually,” every other sentence to show knowledge. Peeps will just stop taking to you.

Hard to procreate to survive. Just a bunch of nerdy guys. And one girl.

CAD Character of Art and Design Skills

Weaknesses

High knowledge of human body and their weak points from hours of naked figure and medical drawing.

Two heads that constantly clash. One is a pretentious hipster and the other is an Anime nerd.

Unique killing methods. High art skills = convincing illusions. Draw a tunnel on side of a wall and watch others drive straight into a brick wall.

Cannot travel far. Glitch in the game stops them from leaving labs of James E. Booth and Frank E. Gannett.

Underestimated. Access shields to make the character appear like they ain’t doing shit, but while planning a super extra murder.

Somehow get outdoors? Will die automatically from burns when exposed to light — bodies only accustomed to dark and dingy basements.

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ANGELA KRIEG

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FOURTH YEAR, ILLUSTRATION After growing up among the solitary and green mountains of eastern New York, Angela Krieg focuses on sequentialism and transmedia storytelling in her works. From publishing to motion graphics, she always has her eye aimed towards the entertainment industry where she wishes to explore different types of storytelling. She lets her projects determine their medium and uses them to the greatest advantage.

Her art is allegorical and, more often than not, refers back to the masters of the past. In spring 2018, she studied in London and traveled to over half a dozen countries, where she walked the same streets as Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Klimpt.

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UNIQUE FAIR

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THIRD YEAR, ILLUSTRATION Unique Fair is an illustrator and activist who specializes in the creation of political art and sequential storytelling.

His career goal is to create art that empowers and encourages people to take action against inequality and injustice. Outside of working for Reporter, Fair interns at Blue Toucan Studios in the city of Rochester.

When not illustrating, painting or protesting, Fair enjoys mentoring students in the Rochester City School District, watching movies and reading comics.

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MALIHEH RAHROVAN

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FOURTH YEAR, FILM AND ANIMATION Maliheh Rahrovan is an illustrator and character designer who has worked on many projects, including several games, animated films and illustrations. Her motivation and passion comes from her love of nature. She enjoys biking for hours, focusing her mind and allowing her ideas to flourish. In addition to her creative ideas, in the private space of her bike ride, she always grows and returns home a stronger person. She once said she can comprehend the magical whisper of leaves.

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TONY WEN

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FIRST YEAR, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE Tony Wen has been into photography for the past five years. He enjoys capturing small, fleeting moments, as well as communicating with his audience about how those moments make him feel. Wen also loves snow and cats.

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