Art & Photo 2021

REPORTER ART & PHOTO ISSUE MAY 2021 // REPORTER.RIT.EDU

EDITOR IN CHIEF Kasey Mathews PRINT MANAGING EDITOR Tyler English ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR Victoria Sebastian COPY EDITOR Mimi Lee NEWS EDITOR Brooke Wolfenbarger TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Tommy Delp CULTURE EDITOR Karina Le FEATURES EDITOR Erin Brache WELLNESS EDITOR Anjali Shiyamsaran VIEWS EDITOR Marilyn Wolbert

ART ART DIRECTOR Neil Williamson ONLINE ART MANAGER Sara Calhoun SENIOR DESIGNER Pallavi Singh CONTRIBUTORS: Meaghan McKenzie, Quamae Newsome, Rachel Kogut, Sahana Maheswaran, Gabriella Licona, Emily O’Shea, Adrianna Petrus, Mikaela Barlow, Sara Calhoun, Jess Edwards, Meya Goel, Pallavi Singh, Neil Williamson

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO EDITOR Diana Spencer CONTRIBUTORS: Jack Connolly, Jayden Schading, Daniel Sarch

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ART DIRECTOR & PHOTOEDITOR’S NOTE

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e tell our stories not with words, but with imagery that takes our audience to dreamscapes, emotional depths, and unexplored environments. Often our subjects range

from the individuals we surround ourselves with to the trivial objects that inhabit our space, but this collection of moments are meant to intrigue the reader and provide a visual language that accompanies the literature of

Reporter writers.

Not always are we so bold, but through a year of political tension, global pandemic, and turmoil in all forms, our voices were never silenced and now have never been louder. We are the creators who tell stories in our own way and showcase our love for our craft with this platform. This is the Art and Design issue. An encyclopedia of a year of isolation and the boldest telling of our stories.

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IN T HIS IS SUE cover photograph by Jack Connolly

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Maeghan McKenzie 2nd Year Animation Student Instagram: @colorfulunknow

Jack Connolly 1st Year Visual Media Instagram: @jackfromnova1

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Quamae Newsome 3rd Year 3D Animation Instagram: @ quam_a_tron_studios

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Rachel Kogut 2nd Year New Media Design Instagram: @iinspirachional

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Sahana Maheswaran 2nd Year Film and Animation Instagram: @sahanamaheswaran

Gabriella Licona 1st Year Communications Student Instagram: @betheaesthetic

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Emily O’Shea 2nd Year New Media Design Instagram: @eco_doodles

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Adrianna Petrus 2nd Year Visual Communication Design M.F.A Instagram: @af_peachy

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Mikaela Barlow 2nd Year New Media Design Instagram: @mbarlowdesign

Sara Calhoun 4th Year Animation Instagram: @notsaracal

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Jess Edwards 2nd Year Illustration Instagram: @guardianspirits13

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Jay Schading 1st Year Photojournalism Instagram: @jayschading.photo

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Meya Goel 1st Year Game Design and Development Instagram: @meylatte

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Daniel Sarch 2nd Year Photojournalism Instagram: @sarch.photography

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Pallavi Singh 2nd Year Visual Communication Design M.F.A Instagram: @pallavisin.art

Neil Williamson 2nd Year Biomedical Engineering Instagram: @n.e.w.stalgic

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it takes time... and practice, but

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“Alien” Practice of facial expressions and color study. (Procreate)

Colored pencil study of explori 6 Art & Photo

MAEGHAN McKENZIE

For me, Language limits my ability to express true emotions. By constructing different compositions through color and characters, I am creating a new language that may accurately describe what I feel.

ing different textures and materials. (Colored Pencil) Art & Photo 7

JACK CONNOLLY I see it as being important to experiment with photos in a way that is either going to go completely nowhere or go somewhere that’ll leave a wanting for more pictures like it.

This shot was just capturing a lot of pressure I was having from the start of college and fear of if I was going to do well in college.

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Self-Portrait

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QUAMAE NEWSOME Believability over reality, I attempt to capture the essence of a subject through deliberately gestural mark making.

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A visual exploration of the typeface Dystopian. (Adobe Illustrator)

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A surreal, sensory experience of falling and losing control. (Procreate)

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RACHEL KOGUT I am inspired by the subtle uneasiness of the surreal, bizarre, chaotic, and abstract.

SAHANA MAHASWARAN The art I make is an expression of the social, political and personal events that shape my everyday life. They are a way for me to question the way we live and function in society.

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Exploring the consequences and actions of policy that affect the way we interact with Technology such as the EARN IT, LAEDA Act and Net Neutrality (Digital Art)

Every prop, pop of color, pose, and swirl of art in a photograph speaks to someone. Never be afraid to show it.

GABRIELLA LICONA

The photos show how much I miss home and my childhood.

The line art on the photos represent the disassociation between college life and home. Ironically the line art is connected into one singular line of a body figure and the photos on the desk. (Canon Powershot Camera and Procreate)

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Playing with ideas of birds in environments. (Procreate)

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Just hoping to make someone’s day a little bit brighter!

ADRIANNA PETRUS

Always learn something new, then put your own unique twist on it.

Exploration of stippling brushes, color, shape, and typography.

Inspired by 70’s aesthetic. (Adobe Illustrator)

I am constantly inspired by people and our perception of day-to-day experiences.

MIKAELA BARLOW

NOVA app design project mock up. (Figma)

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SARA CALHOUN I am an illustrator and animator telling stories through whimsical imagery by the pale moonlight. Catch the present love of delicate linework in both my capstone film backgrounds and personal pieces. (Digital)

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JESS EDWARDS My main mission in art is to tell stories and inspire others to collaborate with my ideas.

Through color and lines I tell the stories that I wish I had experienced and pursue my vision by putting it on paper and displaying it to the world.

(Digital)

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A behind-the-scenes shot of a student film I did photography for. The lighting and positioning was fun, so I snapped the photo. (if needed) Student film is Dark Roast by Colt Stewart, Sebastian Nazario-Colon and Brayden Renslow.

JAYDEN SCHADING

I want to show the world how I view it: bold, strong and beautiful.

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Space is one of the most wonderous and unexplored places. Exploring what could lie in these unex-

MEYA GOEL

DANIEL SARCH

Herb Smith, a Jazz Band director at RIT, and Jazz and Classical trumpet player poses in front of graffiti for a portrait in Rochester, NY.

(Paint Tool Sai)

plored areas inspires me everyday.

I am a hard-of-hearing photographer that plays trumpet. Having audible FOMO has encouraged me to seek out and document ways of life different from my own.

“E” Goodman sleds down a hill with a metal shovel near the Gordon Field House and Activities Center at RIT on February 2, 2020 during heavy snowfall.

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The concept is centered around how we can help the earth while safe at home! Mother earth has been taking care of us for a very long time. She’s grown old weary, partly because of our doings, and since we are at the peak of our civilization, we must restore her youth and power.

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PALLAVI SINGH

Illustration created for a visiting card for a tourist spot. I chose Bristol Mountain as I wanted to capture the vivid experience of sliding down the snowy with a twilight sky. (Digital)

I believe in the power of visual storytelling to craft evocative and meaningful narratives, be it digital or print. My passion for illustration and abstraction helps me to capture my vision in different ways unique to the content, taking inspiration from everything.

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NEIL WILLIAMSON The themes are romance, rain, and an atmosphere of space. Not everything I make is so abstract, but that feeling is what I strive to evoke.

“exile” (Model: MoniQue Gosselin)

“like being shot dead her soul was swept away in time shattered in moments” (Procreate)

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“Fragile Ribs” (Acrylic and Charcoal on Raw Canvas)

in the end-

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