Michael Peres

Michael Peres is an award-winning photo educator, author, and photographer. He joined the faculty of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in 1986. During his career at RIT, he has dedicated himself to inspiring generations of curious students, many of whom have become leaders in various fields, including the life sciences and medical sciences and the imaging industry. He recently held RIT’s Gannett Endowed Professorship of Integrated Publishing Sciences.

Peres earned a master’s degree in instructional technology from RIT and holds bachelor’s degrees in biology and biomedical photographic communications. He is a registered biological photographer.

He loves using microscopes to photograph very tiny subjects and has taught microscopy, laboratory photography, and other classes, including surgical photography, at RIT and in workshops around the globe. His work has been recognized for its innovation by photographers, scientists, and professional organizations. He is one of the world’s leading snowflake photographers, and his pictures have been published by Time, CNN, the Weather Channel, and Mashable. He has presented papers and imaging-related workshops all over the United States, as well as in Sweden, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Tanzania, the Netherlands, Germany, and Australia. Peres is one of the long-standing leaders of the signature annual RIT Big Shot and Images from Science projects. He has won numerous honors, including the RIT Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching; the RIT College of Art and Design’s Gitner Prize, presented for outstanding performance in the graphic arts; and the Louis B. Schmidt Award, presented by the BioCommunications Association for lifetime contributions to the biocommunications industry.

Images from science: https://images.cad.rit.edu

Professional page: http://mrppph.cad.rit.edu

RIT Big Shot project: http://www.rit.edu/bigshot

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_peres/