Tag: Brad Paris

  • The Image-Makers: Documenting Protests

    The Image-Makers: Documenting Protests

    By now, we’re no strangers to photos and videos of police escalating confrontations with demonstrators and the killing of individuals in custody. Such visceral imagery has been captured for decades: “What the camera had to do was expose the evils of racism, the evils of poverty, the discrimination and the bigotry, by showing the people…

  • Amanda Vallina captures Cuban glamour in “Miami Vices”

    Not until moving to New York City to pursue her BFA in Photography in 2015, did Amanda Vallina begin to pay tribute artistically to the city that raised her, Miami, Florida. Miami is heavily influenced by Cuban culture, she says, from cigar smoking to dominoes played at every opportunity. It was after a visit to…

  • Amy Lombard Talks About VICE: The Ads

    Amy Lombard Talks About VICE: The Ads

    People nationwide have enjoyed hilarious poster ads for VICELAND’s show, VICE LIVE, the weeknight, two-hour variety special that debuted in late February. The photographs are meant to keep you on the edge of your seat—as if you didn’t know what was going to happen next. They have been seen on billboards, subway and bus ads…

  • Meet Oliver Amato-Muzzy

    Please welcome Oliver, the latest member of the photography department’s extended canine family. The five-year-old Smooth Fox Terrier was adopted from a Rhode Island rescue facility by Ron Amato, chair of the photography department and his husband Seth Muzzy. “He’s changing every day,” says Amato. Oliver it appears has discriminating tastes. “Last night he was playing with…

  • The Sámi & The Reindeer

    The  Sámi & The Reindeer

    On April 15th, award-winning photographer and Fulbright recipient, Erika Larsen, spoke to Brad Paris’ portfolio review class about her time with Sámi reindeer herders of the Scandinavian arctic. Ms. Larsen showed stunning images and video segments of reindeer herding and hunting, meal preparation, family portraits and aspects of daily life. Over a four-year period, she gained access…