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Tag: Curtis Willocks

  • Goodbye Snapshots to Dean Arbuckle

    Dean Arbuckle is leaving us. Her title will be longer, but she’ll always be known simply and elegantly as the “dean” to us. By August 2016 she’ll be working with FIT’s President Joyce Brown. We know her heart will always be with the School of Art and Design and ours with her. Here is a…

  • On Campus Fashion Caught by CJ Colligan

    On Campus Fashion Caught by CJ Colligan

    “Here I was, a new student at a prestigious art school, reluctant to take my first photo. I had this idea that a photographer should only take pictures of things that are grand or important.”  CJ Colligan has forged a picture-taking style of her own. One that comes from the developing eye of a fourth semester Visual Presentation…

  • A-list Critics for Photography Juniors

    When it comes to having your accomplishments acknowledged, being a college junior can be like that of a middle child. “The seniors have a graduating show. The associate degree students have a show. What the juniors need is feedback,” says Photography Prof. Curtis Willocks. “They had this intense year. They learned a lot, applied a lot.…

  • Fine arts photographer crosses over, fashionably

    Jordan Tiberio faces a type of conundrum not unfamiliar to students who fully explore their craft: “I won a fashion shooting contest, but I’m a fine arts photographer,” says the recent winner of the Western Digital (WD) Fashion Walk. “I’m used to taking things from memories and my past and recreating them in an artistic manner.…

  • Merry Christmas from the FIT Photo Club!

    Santa arrived earlier this month at Calumet Photo on W. 22nd Street, invited by the FIT Photo Club. The event, open to the neighborhood, drew in many children of all ages. The club, advised by Prof. Curtis Willocks, offers its best wishes to all for 2013. photo: Jen Plas