Current Exhibits

four students with a professor standing behind glass display cases while holding handmade projects.

Worlds Fair: Worldbuilding and Storytelling

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The inaugural exhibit from the Center for Worldbuilding and Storytelling in the College of Liberal Arts inspires creativity and critical analysis, worldbuilding and transmedia storytelling for exploring real-world implications of technological and societal changes.

Learn more here.

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Poster for exhibition with image of a guitarist jumping in the air and text 'William Snyder: It's Only Rock N' Roll'.

It's Only Rock 'n Roll: Photographs by William Snyder

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William Snyder is an American photojournalist and former Director of Photography for The Dallas Morning News where he won four Pulitzer Prizes for his photography and editing work. Snyder has captured live music for fifty years and was the official photographer for The Who for nineteen years. In addition to The Who, Snyder's enthusiasm for photographing live music has culminated in an impressive archive of images that capture iconic performers from David Bowie, a unique performance by Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Diana Ross, KISS on their first North American tour, to appearances by artists Eddie Vedder, Joan Jett, and PINK. This exhibition highlights some of Snyder's music photographs from his accomplished career. 

In 2008, Snyder returned to his alma mater, Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is the director of the Advertising Photography BFA program.

All prints from exhibition available for purchase on the Shop One website.

Color photograph of musician Joan Jett playing a guitar on stage.

Joan Jett

Color photograph of musician Pink singing into a handheld microphone on stage.

PINK

Color photograph of musician Stevie Ray Vaughan standing with his guitar held in front of him.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Color photograph of musician Eddie Van Halen playing a guitar on stage while leaping in the air.

Eddie Van Halen

Color photograph of musician Chris Hynde playing a guitar on stage.

Chrissie Hynde

Color photograph of musician Diana Ross standing on stage with her arms reaching into the air in triumph.

Diana Ross

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More Exhibitions

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