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The Passion Assignment by RCC Photo 1st Year Students

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  Photo by RCC student Ben White

   Photo by RCC student Eden Holt

        Photo by RCC student Katie Parker

              Photo by RCC student Madison Rivera

The final assignments for PHO 111, Photographic Corrections and Finishing, has become known as the “passion” assignment.  Since August, 1st year photography students have learned how to properly finish and present their photographs following very rigid, strict and technical guidelines. This is not always an easy or enjoyable task for such creative minds. For the “passion” assignment, however, the students are assigned to create an image using their medium format, film cameras. That’s it…almost. They are required to print and mount the photograph using the skills they have learned this semester. As they approach this assignment, the students are instructed to have fun with their cameras and to recall and write about the reason they enrolled in the RCC Photography program in the first place…a passion for photography.

RCC Photography Students Open Photography Exhibit at Carrboro Century Center

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Marjory_Casseus layout of small desert cakes, strawbeeies, and pastry tools.

Photo layout by RCC student Marjory Casseus

ASHEBORO (April 9, 2015) – A group of Randolph Community College Photographic Technology students are displaying their work at a gallery in the Carrboro Century Center lobby through the month of May. The public is invited.

The gallery show was organized by photo student TJ Carr and will include medium-format, black-and-white film pieces that the students printed themselves in the RCC darkroom.

Carr grew up and currently resides in the town of Carrboro. He became interested in both photography and music at a young age and has put forth an effort to grow both passions throughout his life. He said he put together this gallery to display his work and the work of his peers at RCC as well as to try and raise awareness for the RCC Photographic Technology program.

One of the students, Allison Isley of Thomasville, said she is considering a career in commercial photography and is interested in traveling and documenting the culture of the areas she visits as well as the surrounding landscapes.

Another, Holly Spicer of Boone, said she has always had a passion for wildlife and nature photography. “Ever since I opened my first National Geographic magazine as a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a photojournalist and I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else,” she writes.

Luke Christiansen, who said he began his professional career as an educator and lacrosse coach, enrolled at Randolph to “combine my love for writing and photography and to further develop myself as a powerful storyteller.”

Chelsea Mehalek of Chapel Hill said she fell in love with photography “on a self-discovery trip I took backpacking through Europe and I haven’t stopped shooting since. My passion is now capturing people.”

In addition those mentioned above, other students with photos on display are Lindsey Hooker, Matthew Jarrett, Jon Eric Johnson, Sarah Louya, Caitlin Penna, Javas Reid, Nathan Richards, and Tasha Thomas, all of Asheboro; Whitney Keller of Burlington; Marjory Casseus of Greensboro; and Denise Agard of Queens, N.Y.

The Carrboro Century Center is located at 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information on RCC’s Photographic Technology programs, go to http://www.randolph.edu/photo.

Allison_Isley image of silhouette of person jumping in front of a tall office building.

Photo by RCC student Allison Isley

Design Laboratory II – Human Scale Assignment Picked For RCC Photo of the Week

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 The assignment in the first year Design Laboratory II class was to illustrate and exaggerate human scale in a photograph. The images were photographed on film using medium format cameras and printed and mounted.

Photos by (from top left clockwise) RCC students

Lindsey Hooker, Allison Isley, Chelsea Mehalek, Jessica Nuzzo.

RCC Photo Design Laboratory I Portfolio

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Four black and white portraits of different models in different locations.

A selection of four photographs by first semester, first year students in Design Laboratory I. Students produce a portfolio of five images of their own choosing for their final class project. All photography for the class is shot using medium format cameras with chromogenic film and printed full frame, showing at least a sliver of black base-plus-fog bordering each image.

Counter-clockwise from upper right:

Javas Reid, Taylor Lord, Whitney Keller, Chelsea Clayton