Art & Photo 2020

REPORTER

ART & PHOTO ISSUE

MAY 2020 // REPORTER.RIT.EDU

EDITOR IN CHIEF Kasey Mathews PRINT MANAGING EDITOR Tyler English ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR Victoria Sebastian COPY EDITOR Mimi Lee NEWS EDITOR Jessica Sides TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Leland Goodrich LEISURE EDITOR Karina Le FEATURES EDITOR Morgan LaMere WELLNESS EDITOR Brooke Wolfenbarger VIEWS EDITOR Marilyn Wolbert ART ART DIRECTOR Lily Garnaat ONLINE ART MANAGER Sara Calhoun SENIOR DESIGNER Pallavi Singh DESIGNERS Cristian Maynez, Cassy Smithies, Jiayi Zheng, Deztiny Di Meo, Lily Garnaat ILLUSTRATORS Sara Calhoun, Juho Choi, Aria Dines, Elizabeth Dettmann, Maggie Dybas, Unique Fair-Smith, Monica Nguyen-Vo, Michael Smith

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO EDITOR Catherine Rafferty PHOTOGRAPHERS Rachel Kogut, Tess Roberts, Catherine Rafferty

BUSINESS BUSINESS MANAGER Ward Couillard AD / PR MANAGER Ali Johnston ONLINE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Will Nilges ONLINE SERVICES MANAGER Efe Ozturkoglu VIDEO EDITOR Trisha Pickelhaupt PODCAST PRODUCER Maximilian Thoburn PODCAST HOST Wyatt Kinsey

ART DIRECTOR & PHOTOEDITOR’S NOTE

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his spring semester began like most others: weekly meetings in the Reporter office, magazines being published monthly and assignments being churned out online. Meanwhile, a novel coronavirus began spreading around the globe. None of us saw the abrupt end of the semester coming so soon. We certainly couldn’t have known what it would feel like to have complete change in our day-to-day schedules, to say goodbye to our campus community or to be distant from the organization we love most.

For a time, it seemed almost impossible to keep going. We scrambled to find ways to keep providing RIT students with content that was relevant and important to them. We tried to stay on track with our print schedule despite everyone’s different circumstances. Reporter has carried on, but our pace is different. Being together looks different now, but the sentiment is still the same. Amid all of this uncertainty, we have found the strength to persist.

As creatives, we have a fire in us that demands to be set free. The fire may grow dim — once in a while only its embers still glow — but it never fully extinguishes. It’s just waiting for the next thing to feed it.

The Reporter team has found some solace in our creativity. We’ve worked to document, share our stories and make something beautiful out of this devastating time. We hope this work reminds you that creativity has a way of connecting us and inspiring hope for the future.

ADVISOR Rudy Pugliese PRINTING Sutherland Printing CONTACT +1 (585) 475–2212 Lily Garnaat Art Director

Catherine Rafferty Photo Editor

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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S cover painting by Unique Fair-Smith

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SARA CALHOUN Third Year, Film and Animation

JUHO CHOI Fourth Year, Illustration

ARIA DINES Third Year, Film and Animation, Illustration

ELIZABETH DETTMANN

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Fourth Year, Film and Animation

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Fourth Year, Film and Animation

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Graduate Student, Fine Art

MAGGIE DYBAS

UNIQUE FAIR-SMITH

RACHEL KOGUT

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First Year, New Media Design

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Fourth Year, Graphic Design

CRISTIAN MAYNEZ

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MONICA NGUYEN-VO Fourth Year, Film and Animation

TESS ROBERTS Third Year, Graphic Design

MICHAEL SMITH Fourth Year, Film and Animation

CASSY SMITHIES Fifth Year, New Media Design

JIAYI ZHENG

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Third Year, Graphic Design

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Fourth Year, Graphic Design

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Fourth Year, Photojournalism

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Third Year, Graphic Design

DEZTINY DI MEO

CATHERINE RAFFERTY

LILY GARNAAT

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SARA CALHOUN

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THIRD YEAR, BFA FILM AND ANIMATION

Telling soft stories by the mysterious moonlight.

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JUHO CHOI

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FOURTH YEAR, BFA ILLUSTRATION

An illustrator with a love for stars, food, and art. Her works are inspired by motion and flow.

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ARIA DINES

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THIRD YEAR, BFA FILM AND ANIMATION, ILLUSTRATION

Art has always been a passion of Aria’s, ever since she was little! She loves testing out new things. Aria noted that she’s recently been experimenting with color and lighting, and has made the effort to incorporate them into her animation and illustration work!

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ELIZABETH DETTMANN

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FOURTH YEAR, BFA FILM AND ANIMATION

Elizabeth is an artist and animator who loves creating fantastical stories with strong emotional centers. She hopes to work in the animation or gaming industry as a storyboard artist or character designer after graduating in May 2020.

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MAGGIE DYBAS

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THIRD YEAR, BFA FILM AND ANIMATION

Maggie is a passionate storyteller that uses their art as a way to bring smiles to people’s faces. They hope to join the industry of feature animation and become an animation lead!

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UNIQUE FAIR-SMITH

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FIRST YEAR, MFA FINE ARTS

Unique noted that, as an artist, he seeks to engage with the ideas of oppression, liberation and the friction between the two. Ultimately, he would like to use his art as a tool to empower the working classes’ collective struggles toward a just and fair world.

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RACHEL KOGUT

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FIRST YEAR, BFA NEW MEDIA DESIGN

Rachel is an artist, designer and photographer with a passion for creating bizarre, amusing and intriguing work. She loves history, storytelling and going outside to brainstorm creative ideas.

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CRISTIAN MAYNEZ

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FOURTH YEAR, BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN

Cristian is a brand designer who believes great design is achieved through collaborative efforts. When he’s not designing, he enjoys illustrating, experimenting, music and video games.

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MONICA NGUYEN-VO

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FOURTH YEAR, BFA FILM AND ANIMATION

Monica is an artist and storyteller looking forward to creating happy, whimsical art to tell the stories she is passionate about.

She hopes to uplift marginalized voices and make a difference “somehow, someway.”

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TESS ROBERTS

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THIRD YEAR, BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN, FINE ART PHOTO MINOR

Tess has been at Reporter for three years. Outside of her design studies she is an avid photographer and focuses mainly on portraiture and architecture photography.

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MICHAEL SMITH

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THIRD YEAR, BFA FILM AND ANIMATION

Mike loves to draw, animate and watch Bon Appetit videos on YouTube. He is really inspired by stylish studios like Buck and Goldenwolf and hopes to one day be an animator for a studio like them to make rad art.

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CASSY SMITHIES

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FIFTH YEAR, NEW MEDIA DESIGN

Cassy is a user experience designer that plays with the balance of logic and art to creatively solve problems.

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JIAYI ZHENG

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THIRD YEAR, BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN

Jiayi always loves exploring different art materials and styles!

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DEZTINY DI MEO

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FOURTH YEAR, BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN

Deztiny’s goal for after graduation is to get into branding, packaging, advertising or a combination of those. However, she will continue to do commissions of her illustrations and fine art on the side.

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CATHERINE RAFFERTY -FOURTH YEAR, BFA PHOTOJOURNALISM

Catherine is a class of 2020 graduate of the Photojournalism program at RIT and a fellow at the Arizona Republic. These images are selections from a series made in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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LILY GARNAAT -THIRD YEAR, BFA GRAPHIC DESIGN

Lily is a designer and illustrator from Rochester, NY that hopes to one day use their art to advocate for a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

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