MFA Photography Graduate’s “Coming out Stories” Featured on BuzzFeed
While those who identify as LGBTQ+ can often share a common bond remembering the moment they officially “came out,” the way in which he or she comes out is hardly…
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June 9, 2017
June 5, 2017
NYFA Photography Alumna’s Work Featured in Miss Vogue Turkey
Born in Izmir and growing up in Istanbul, Turkey, Didem Civginoglu says she has always wanted to take the photos that she had imagined in her mind for so many years. “I had been…
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June 1, 2017
Robin Wright Directs NYFA Alumna’s “The Dark of Night,” Which Premiered at Cannes
Beginning her career in Los Angeles as a literary agent assistant at the William Morris Agency in 1982, Denise Meyers always felt the drive to pursue screenwriting as her main career in…
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May 24, 2017
NYFA Documentary Alumna’s “Unwelcome” to Premiere at Seattle International Film Festival
With experience covering the Syrian War and training at the Documentary School at the New York Film Academy, director Ida Theresa Myklebost takes us up-close and personal into a makeshift…
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May 18, 2017
Industry Trend Series with NYFA Alumna Caitlin Cooke: Casting Associate at Donna Grossman Casting
This week, Acting for Film Chair Glynis Rigsby welcomed back her former student Caitlin Cooke for an Industry Trends Series discussion. Aside from her acting career, Cooke is a Casting Associate at Donna Grossman Casting, a…
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May 10, 2017
NYFA Photography Alumna’s “Living Shape” Selected by the Prestigious Florence Biennale
New York Film Academy Photography School alumna Zhuoqun Jiang’s photography work, “Living Shape,” has been selected by the Florence Biennale. The Florence Biennale is the major contemporary art exhibition in Florence (Italy), where it is regarded…
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May 4, 2017
NYFA Alumni Team up for Short Film “Felices Acá En New York”
While many young artists flock to New York City from all around the world, few realize just how difficult it can be to break into the competitive world of “show…
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May 2, 2017
NYFA Grad’s Documentary Shines Light on Historic LGBT Tragedy in “Upstairs Inferno”
On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar located on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. For 43…
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May 1, 2017
NYFA Photography Student’s Photo I Project Makes Cover of “Imirage” Magazine
Born and raised in the southern part of Hyderabad, India, Rutvik Katuri‘s hobby of photography slowly grew into his passion after shadowing local event and wedding photographers. He grew even fonder of the art after discovering the…
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