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Mail Code JLC
Eduardo Rivera
Jerome Liebling Center 108
413.559.6072
Eduardo Rivera
Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography
Eduardo L Rivera is an artist from Phoenix, Arizona, who currently lives in Massachusetts. Influenced by the poetics and politics that ripple through his childhood home near the U.S.-Mexico border, his photographic and video works use visual traditions such as portraiture, still life, and landscape to consider notions of belonging, time, and the significance of light.
Eduardo’s photographs have been the subject of solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States at institutions such as Light Work, Syracuse, NY; Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA; En Foco, Bronx, NY; Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX; Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA; and the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, among others. His work has appeared in multiple print and online publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Aperture, Nueva Luz, Lenscratch, and Capricious Publishing. Light Work published Eduardo’s work in Contact Sheet 223, and multiple photographs of his are held in their permanent collection.
He is the recipient of awards such as the En Foco Fellowship Award, the Silver List Award from the Silver Eye Center for Photography, the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship, and runner-up for the Aperture Portfolio Prize. He was an artist-in-residence at the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image, Philadelphia, PA; and the Studios at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA.
Eduardo received a BFA in photography from Arizona State University in 2011 and an MFA in photography from the Massachusetts College of Art in 2016. In 2019, he was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and earned a Certificate in Teaching from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University in 2020. Eduardo has taught in the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard, the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York University Steinhardt, and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Recent and Upcoming Courses
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In this course, students will learn the fundamental principles of digital photography, encompassing the art of capturing, processing, and digitally printing images. The class integrates hands-on labs to gain a comprehensive understanding of digital photographic equipment, materials, and techniques. Through engaging discussions and in-depth critique sessions, students will cultivate their ability to analyze and articulate their thoughts on the creative process of image-making. This course aims to nurture critical thinking and a discerning eye, empowering students to create compelling and meaningful photographs. Keywords:Photography, Digital Photography
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This course is designed for intermediate and advanced photography students to explore the art of photography and bookmaking. Students will learn the principles of book binding, design, and image sequencing, all aimed at developing their personal photographic projects. Beyond obtaining technical skills, this course will foster a space for constructive critiques and lectures that encourage students to recognize photobooks not just as collections of images, but as profound tools for intellectual exploration and complex storytelling. Keywords:Photography, Photobooks, Bookmaking.
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This course serves as an introduction to B&W photography, 35mm film, and darkroom printing. Students will learn how to make silver gelatin prints, and conceptually compose a body of work. Towards the end of the semester students will spend some time scanning their B&W film and editing their scans using Adobe Photoshop. Throughout this course students will be introduced to historical and contemporary artists working within the medium of B&W photography. Students will also participate in critical discussions around the topic of photography and how this medium has been historically used as a tool for colonization. Class sessions will consist of printing in the darkroom, lectures, group discussions from assigned readings, and critiques. Keywords:B&W photography, film, Photography, darkroom
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This course is intended for advanced photography students who want to continue to build upon their photographic practice. Students will be expected to work on 1 long term project that may evolve and change as the semester goes on. Class sessions will consist of weekly intensive critiques and reading discussions. Having already taken Photography I & II is highly recommended but not required. Students will be expected to produce a large amount of photographs and be ready to work independently. The final project will consist of a class installation of everyone's work and a final critique. If interested please email me your photography experience and the project you plan to work on. Keywords:Photography, projects, critiques, advanced photography