'What We Do' RIT National Press Photographers Association

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Artist Link: 2023 What We Do website

Rochester Institute of Technology’s chapter of the National Press Photographers Association is a forum for education and discussion among young professionals in the photojournalism industry. What We Do is an annual student competition hosted by RIT NPPA. The contest is an opportunity to showcase student work from the RIT photojournalism program. Each spring, students enter this contest, which is judged by three RIT photojournalism alumni. What We Do includes alumni lectures, live judging, and an exhibition featuring the winners.

a color photograph of a person performing on stage lit in a neon blue light.
a color photograph of a woman's facial profile while she is yelling.

Photo by Vincent Alban. Isabel Rosa, a coordinator with Rise Up Rochester, a grassroots anti-gun violence group, chants into a megaphone at a protest in response to a recent shooting in the Marketview Heights Neighborhood on Sept. 19, 2022. The neighborhood has experienced a lot of violence, notably a shooting at a house party in 2020 that left 2 dead, and 14 injured.

a color photograph of a group of lacross players lying on the ground in celebratory posed with a blizzard of blue confetti overhead.

Photo by Vincent Alban. North Carolina Tar Heels celebrate winning the NCAA D1 Women’s Lacrosse Championship between Boston College and University of North Carolina at Homewood Field at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. on May 29, 2022. The Tar Heels won the game, 12-11.

A color photo of a mourning young woman holding an urn.

Photo by Kayla Bartkowski. Stephanie Forrester comforts daughter, Izabella Forrester who holds the ashes of her father, Justin Forrester’s during the 2022 Rochester Overdose Vigil in Rochester, N.Y. on Aug. 31, 2022. Stephanie and Izabella have been active members of the New York Recovery Alliance after Stephanie became sober and Justin Forrester passed of an overdose in 2017.

a color photo of a firefighter climbing an angled ladder toward an upper story window with smoke pouring out.

Photo by Kayla Bartkowski. Kevin Holahan and Ryan Kohlmeier climb up the fire truck to reach the roof of the live burn training house with the Irondequoit Fire Department at the Fairport Fire Training Center in Fairport, N.Y. on Oct. 13, 2022. The fire department conducts the live fire training annually and requires all fire fighters complete the training.

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Photo by Kayla Bartkowski. Lt. Josh Mastin helps conduct live burn training with the Irondequoit Fire Department at the Fairport Fire Training Center in Fairport, N.Y. on Oct. 13, 2022. The fire department conducts the live fire training annually and requires all fire fighters complete the training.