Photo Spotlights

Danimal Cannon performed in the Student Alumni Union as part of the music festival Chip Fest on Dec. 14. The event was sponsored by WITR, Rochester Chip and the College Activities Board.

Matt Williams of Niagara, center left, and Todd Skirving of RIT, center right, compete for the puck during the Frozen Frontier men’s hockey game at Frontier Field in Rochester on Dec. 14.

Greg Noyes of RIT, Matt Dineen of Niagara, Mike Benedict of Niagara and Nolan Descoteaux of RIT play during heavy snowfall during the Frozen Frontier men’s hockey game at Frontier Field in Rochester on Dec. 14.

Photographic equipment and accessories were auctioned off at the annual School of Photographic Arts and Sciences holiday auction on Dec. 11.

RIT’s Imaging Hall of Fame this year recognized Ren Ng, inventor of the light field camera. Ng stands with 2012 inductee Steve Sasson, on left, the scientist behind the digital camera. The annual event is sponsored by the RIT Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and was held Dec. 11.

Grace Watson Dining Hall took on a blues theme for a special meal on Dec. 11. The David Millers Blues Brothers performed while students dined on pepper steak, blackened salmon, shrimp cocktail, sauteed kale, coconut sweet potatoes, bourbon bread pudding and key lime tarts.

RIT’s 5th Annual FreezeFest kickoff event on Dec. 11 featured a table of blue and white giveaways, a candy buffet, photo booth and blue cotton candy. John Oliver, from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, was announced as the featured comedian for the three-day winter festival and is set to perform Feb. 22, 2014.

Members of the RIT community helped to spread holiday cheer Dec. 9 during the fourth annual Holiday Service Project, sponsored by the RIT Center for Residence Life. About 50 volunteers packed 104 shoeboxes with donated items and wrapped them in holiday paper as part of the “Shoe Box Gifts” program for the Open Door Mission of Rochester. Throughout the fall semester, students donated toiletries and cold weather gear for people in need in our area. The gift boxes will be delivered to the Open Door Mission’s Caring Center on Plymouth Avenue this week.

Metal sculptor Albert Paley created 13 pieces that were installed on Park Avenue in New York City in June. On Dec. 9, Paley, who holds an endowed chair at RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, attended the premiere of the film chronicling the project, produced by WXXI. The film includes segments at RIT and an interview with James Watters, RIT senior vice president of finance and administration. Tune in to WXXI-TV at 8 p.m. Dec. 12 for Paley on Park Avenue: New York City.

Students from the High Speed Photography class brave below freezing temperatures to pull off their semester’s final shoot. A collaboration between students from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and the Center for Imaging Science, the students photographed RIT Formula SAE Team’s F-18 race car. Using stroboscopic lighting, the car slid in an arc around an array of cameras (and students) with synchronized flashes of light.

The RIT Cosplay Troupe sponsored its annual Cosplay Snow Festival on Dec. 7. The Snow Ball Dance, contests, panels and performances were all part of the day.

RIT alumna Gale Gand ’81 visited with students in the hospitality program on Dec. 6. The nationally acclaimed pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, television personality, teacher and entrepreneur talked about her time at RIT, a graduate of its art program, and her career shift to hospitality and restaurants. She has been recognized as Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year by The James Beard Foundation as well as by Bon Appetite magazine.