Undergraduate Photography Now (Part 4)
A Celebration of New England's Best Student Photographers
April 7–May 1, 2016

  • Photo by Rafaela Acero, LUCAD

    Photo by Rafaela Acero, LUCAD

  • Photo by Melissa D'Acunto, NHIA

    Photo by Melissa D'Acunto, NHIA

  • Photo by Jenna Deluca, NHIA

    Photo by Jenna Deluca, NHIA

  • Photo by Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Boston College

    Photo by Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Boston College

  • Photo by Regan Kenny, USM

    Photo by Regan Kenny, USM

  • Photo by Joshua Mathews, MassArt

    Photo by Joshua Mathews, MassArt

  • Photo by Hannah Richman, LUCAD

    Photo by Hannah Richman, LUCAD

  • Photo by Jillian Ryan, UNH

    Photo by Jillian Ryan, UNH

  • Photo by Evan Walsh, Emerson

    Photo by Evan Walsh, Emerson

  • Photo by Rebecca Warner, UMD

    Photo by Rebecca Warner, UMD

  • Photo by Marissa Iamartino, MassArt

    Photo by Marissa Iamartino, MassArt

The Flash Forward Festival is pleased to be hosting its fourth annual undergraduate exhibition. This cross section of talent represent some of the best college Juniors and Seniors enrolled in a college photography program in any of the New England States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont, during the 2015–2016 academic year. All formats and categories of photography were accepted to highlight the vast talents of these future photography professionals and artists.

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Featured Students

  • Rafaela Acero, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Oliva Becchio, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Marissa Ciampi, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Melissa, D’Acunto, New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA)
  • Jenna DeLuca, New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA)
  • Emma Fishman, Emerson College
  • Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Boston College
  • Sophie Gibbings, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Meaghan Hardy-Lavoie, Clark University
  • Marissa Iamartino, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Candice Jackson, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Regan Kenny, University of Southern Maine
  • Rachel Martin, New England School of Photography (NESOP)
  • Joshua Mathews, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
  • Sun Park,  Emerson College
  • Kolin Perry, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Ben Rapkin, New England School of Photography (NESOP)
  • Hannah Richman, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Kathryn Riley, Boston College
  • Jillian Ryan, University of New Hampshire (UNH)
  • Sloane Volpe, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Evan Walsh, Emerson College
  • Rebecca Warner, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Lee Wormald, Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD)
  • Yiran Zheng, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Aaron Zwain, Community College of Rhode Island  (CCRI)

Judges

Greer Muldowney greermuldowney.com

Greer Muldowney is an artist, photography professor, and independent curator based in Boston, Massachusetts. She received an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Studio Art from Clark University, and an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Ms. Muldowney has acted as the Curator for the Desotorow Gallery in Savannah, GA and is the Regional Coordinator for the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Festival. She also serves as an active member of the Board for the Griffin Museum of Photography, and currently teaches at Boston College, Boston University and Lesley University College of Art and Design.

Ms. Muldowney’s work has been exhibited and published Nationally and Internationally. She is also the recipient of the 2013 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship and a PDN 30 Photographer to watch for 2014.

Camilo Ramirez
Camilo Ramirez camramirez.com

Camilo Ramirez was born in Santa Monica, California and raised in Bogota, Colombia as well as various cities throughout California, Texas and in Miami, Florida. He holds a B.F.A. in Photography from Florida International University and an M.F.A. in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is currently on view at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and in a solo exhibition at the Bromfield Gallery with upcoming solo exhibitions this year at Roxbury Community College, ArtsWorcester and the Vermont Center for Photography.

He was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Grant in 2009 and an Emerson Faculty Advancement Fund Grant in 2014. This year he was awarded an Emerson Consumer Awareness Project Grant, a ArtWorcester Biennial Juror’s Prize, a Review Santa Fe 100 invitation, a Lensculture 50 Emerging Talent Award, and is the winner of the BOAAT Press Photography Competition. His work has been featured on CNN, The Boston Globe, Aint-Bad Magazine, Burn Magazine, and in an upcoming limited edition monograph to be published by BOAAT Press in 2016. Camilo currently lives and works in Boston, MA where he serves as SPE Northeast Regional Vice-Chair and Assistant Professor of Photography at Emerson College.