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October 22, 2025
How 6,500 People Lit an Incredible 360° Nighttime Panorama of an NFL Stadium
PetaPixel speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, about the logistics of planning an event like Big Shot.
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October 13, 2025
RIT’s 37th ‘Big Shot’ memorializes Highmark Stadium, painting with light
WROC-TV speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, and Dan Hughes, lecturer in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about the Big Shot event.
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October 13, 2025
RIT Big Shot team blitzes Highmark Stadium
RIT commemorated the Buffalo Bills’ final season at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 11 with nighttime photos, including a 360-degree panoramic image that will be displayed in the new stadium when it opens next year.
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September 8, 2025
RIT's Big Shot heads to Buffalo’s Highmark Stadium for historic photo event
Democrat and Chronicle speaks to Dan Hughes, lecturer in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, and Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in NTID’s visual communications studies department, about the event.
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August 27, 2025
Big Shot 37 set to touch down at Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium
On Saturday, Oct. 11, the Big Shot will return for its 37th event to illuminate the Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium. RIT and the Bills invite the community to shine a light on the interior of the stadium to document the iconic location before it closes, making way for a new stadium set to open in 2026.
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May 2, 2025
RIT casts a bright light at national iron arts conference
Between a moving performance, building an award-winning iron-melting device, and featured exhibitions, RIT students, faculty, staff and alumni were present in every corner of the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.
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September 23, 2024
RIT Big Shot 36 illuminates the Student Hall for Exploration and Development
Hundreds gathered in front of RIT’s Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) at sunset to capture the latest Big Shot image on Sept. 20.
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September 13, 2024
Community opportunity to 'paint with light' returns with RIT Big Shot 36
RIT’s annual Big Shot is returning for its 36th event on Friday, Sept. 20. The Rochester community is invited to shine a light on RIT’s Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), the university’s newest facility housing makerspaces, performing arts areas, and high-tech classrooms.
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November 7, 2022
Community gathers at National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for Big Shot 35
An early sunset didn’t deter the large crowd gathered at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and the surrounding neighborhood for the RIT Big Shot on Sunday. The community came together to shine a light on voting rights and equal rights as part of the annual photography project hosted by RIT.
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September 14, 2022
RIT Big Shot to illuminate National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
RIT’s Big Shot will be shining a light on voting rights and equal rights at the photo project’s next location. On Sunday, Nov. 6, the team plans to illuminate the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House.
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September 2, 2022
Podcast: RIT Big Shot Celebrates 35 Years
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 61: It all started in 1987 with a community project, a handful of faculty, and 37 students. Now, the RIT Big Shot is a larger campus tradition than anyone anticipated. Michael Peres, Gannett Chair in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, talks with Dan Hughes, lecturer in SPAS, and Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in visual communication studies, who will lead the Big Shot into the future.
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April 4, 2022
Hundreds turn out to capture Wallace on Ice for RIT Big Shot No. 34
The chance to capture an illuminated image of “Wallace on Ice” drew more than 300 people inside Frank Ritter Ice Arena Saturday night to help make RIT’s first-ever interior Big Shot photograph a resounding success.