Undergraduate Photography

Undergraduate Photography

Visionary Photographers Ruddy Roye and Jamel Shabazz Discuss Art and Justice with Author Sarah Lewis

Social documentary photographers Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye and Jamel Shabazz recently joined author and curator Dr. Sarah Lewis on Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus for a lively and thought-provoking discussion that revolved around their work and themes of representation, community, and…

Architecture

Pratt Shows 2018 Showcases Best Work of Graduating Students

The year’s boldest ideas will be on view this spring at Pratt Shows, Pratt Institute’s curated showcase of work by the 2018 graduating class. Composed of more than 20 events, presentations, and exhibitions, Pratt Shows…

Architecture

College Factual Ranks Pratt Institute Programs among Best in the Nation

College Factual has ranked Pratt Institute the top college in the country in the General Architecture and Design and Applied Arts categories, and fifth for Film, Video, and Photographic Arts, in its 2018 rankings. College Factual is a leading…

Undergraduate Photography

Photography Students Present Work on Social Issues at Inaugural Gordon Parks Dialogues

On October 28, Pratt Institute hosted the first-ever Gordon Parks Dialogues, in partnership with NYU Tisch School of the Arts and The Gordon Parks Foundation. The event provided an opportunity for recipients of the Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarship…

Architecture

Pratt Students Curate Interactive Exhibition from New York Public Library Picture Collection

A group of Pratt Institute students recently used images from the New York Public Library (NYPL) Picture Collection to curate The Naming of Things, an interactive exhibition on view at the Pratt Photography Gallery this fall. The show explores…

Undergraduate Photography

New York Times Features Grace Ahlbom (B.F.A. Photography) as Rising Artist and Photographer

The New York Times featured recent alumna Grace Ahlbom (B.F.A. Photography ’16) in an “Up Next” column on “9 Young New Yorkers Poised for Creative Greatness.” Written by Ben Detrick, the July 6 article highlighted nine…

Undergraduate Photography

Artist Sara Greenberger Rafferty to Join Faculty and Direct Photography MFA Program

Pratt Institute has named interdisciplinary artist Sara Greenberger Rafferty as Associate Professor of Photography within the School of Art beginning in Fall 2017. Rafferty’s position was developed in the context of the planned integration of the MFA Photography Program, currently…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Students Explore Intersections of Photography and Wildlife Conservation with Camera Traps

Pratt Institute recently welcomed wildlife biologist Dr. Roland Kays, who is research associate professor at North Carolina State University and director of the Biodiversity and Earth Observation Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, to the Brooklyn…

Undergraduate Photography

Talk by Curator David Campany Marks Opening of Acclaimed Photography Exhibition on Campus

The Photography Department launched its fall 2016 lecture series on September 15 with a talk by David Campany, curator of the critically acclaimed exhibition a Handful of Dust, which is on view in the Pratt Photography Gallery after being shown…

Undergraduate Photography

Pratt Presents Acclaimed Artist Vik Muniz in a President’s Lecture Series Event

On May 2, Pratt Institute will host a special conversation on the Brooklyn campus in which acclaimed artist and photographer Vik Muniz will share insights on his life, work, and various projects with Spencer Bailey, editor-in-chief of Surface magazine. The…