RIT Photo Alum Oral History collection
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Title
RIT Photo Alum Oral History collection
Description
The RIT Archives Photo Alum Oral History collection features the voices, memories, and career experiences of RIT trained photographers. We believe that working with alumni in this way fosters community-building and bridges generations, enabling all involved to think deeper and more critically.
On an annual basis, oral histories from this collection are integrated with an exhibit of a selected alum’s photography in The RIT Archives Photo Alum Gallery on the first floor of Wallace Library. The inaugural Fall 2023 exhibit, “Chasing the Rectangle: Chris Nakis (RIT Photo, ‘83),” was curated by student Emma Truscott (Photographic and Imaging Arts BFA, ‘24), based on an oral history interview series that she conducted with alum Christopher Nakis during the Spring 2023 semester.
To suggest a photo alum for potential interview, please email us at ritarchive@rit.edu.
On an annual basis, oral histories from this collection are integrated with an exhibit of a selected alum’s photography in The RIT Archives Photo Alum Gallery on the first floor of Wallace Library. The inaugural Fall 2023 exhibit, “Chasing the Rectangle: Chris Nakis (RIT Photo, ‘83),” was curated by student Emma Truscott (Photographic and Imaging Arts BFA, ‘24), based on an oral history interview series that she conducted with alum Christopher Nakis during the Spring 2023 semester.
To suggest a photo alum for potential interview, please email us at ritarchive@rit.edu.
Publisher
RIT Archives
Date
2023-
Rights
Interviews may be reproduced with written permission from RIT Archives. All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to RIT Archives (RIT Libraries). For more information, please email ritarchive@rit.edu.
Language
English
Identifier
RITArc.0773
Collection Items
Christopher Nakis Oral History Interview 2, 2023-03-10
Christopher Nakis, a 1983 graduate of the RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, discusses his study abroad experience at Salzburg College in Salzburg, Austria. Nakis also discusses his mother, Olga, whose fight with cancer he documented until…
Christopher Nakis Oral History Interview 3, 2023-03-31
Christopher Nakis, a 1983 graduate of the RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, discusses the production of his personal documentary, "The Blue Whitetail" (2017), and how he coined his bowhunting and photographic philosophies. Nakis also…
Oral History Interview with Toni Pepe, 2024-02-02
Oral History interview with Toni Pepe (Imaging Arts MFA, '07) using the TheirStory platform on Friday, February 2, 2024. The interview was conducted by RIT Archives student employee Emma Truscott (Photographic and Imaging Arts BFA, ' 24), as research…