Fall 2023: Week #1 - Working with Suzanne Saroff & Rich Tu
Suzanne Saroff is a photographer and director. Her body of work is still-life focused, with a multimedia approach. She has always been an observer - noticing the unexpected details. As a child, this meant falling behind on hikes to look at unnoticed bugs and flowers, and as an adult, she continues to notice the often unseen. She uses still-life photography as a way to explore the way she sees the world, and engage viewers on a visceral level, encouraging them to question their perceptions and connect with the beauty and complexity around them. Her work is feminine, bold, and nuanced. She loves to explore objects, textures, and colors to reveal layers of energy and meaning.
Central to her approach is experimentation and new ways to work with light and composition. In her studio, she likes to build technical sets and then break all of the creative “rules.” This process is cathartic and is where new ideas emerge. She likes to examine, take apart, or combine flowers and other objects, searching for new ways of looking at them to create and communicate feelings and emotions.
In addition to Suzanne's ever-growing body of personal work, her photographs have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and many others. Her commercial clients include Prada, Gucci, Glossier, Bvlgari, NARS, Benjamin Moore, Tin Building, Clinique, Haus Labs, and dozens more.
Her studio is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Clients Include: Bvlgari, Gucci, Prada, David Webb, Glossier, Clinique, NARS, Warby Parker, Tin Building by Jean-Georges, Haus Labs, Polene, Crate&Barrel, Sephora, Supergoop!, Tula, Specialized, Kate Spade, Beauty Counter, Benjamin Moore, Elix, Laura Mercier, Saks, Calvin Klein, Smirnoff
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Rich Tu is a first generation Filipino-American and award-winning designer and artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. He is a Partner and Executive Creative Director at Sunday Afternoon. Previously, Rich has held creative leadership roles at Jones Knowles Ritchie, MTV Entertainment Group, and Nike Inc. In addition, he hosts the Webby Honoree podcast First Generation Burden, which focuses on intersectionality and diversity within the creative industry, and is co-founder of the COLORFUL awards with the One Club for Creativity, dedicated to creating opportunities for early career BIPOC creatives. Rich is a graduate of SVA’s Illustration as Visual Essay MFA program. He has previously won the ADC Young Guns award and recently received the prestigious Paul Manship Medallion for significant contributions to the Art Directors Club and creative industry. Creatively, his focus is on emerging audiences and energetic brands that benefit from an eclectic and unique point of view.
Awards and honors include: ADC Awards, D&AD, Webby Awards, Telly Awards, CLIOs, Cynopsis D Awards, PromaxBDA, The Shorty Awards, Power of Purpose Award, New York Festivals, ADC Young Guns, PRINT Magazine, American Photography, American Illustration, and The Society of Illustrators among others.
Clients and collaborators include: The New York Times, The New Yorker, MINI, NIKE, A24, Budweiser, Paramount, Adidas, Converse, G-Shock, American Express, NPR, NorthFace Purple Label, Coca-Cola, Verizon, Skype, Fuse TV, Alfa Romeo, Bombay Sapphire, and Hamilton The Musical, among others. Also, he has exhibited at galleries and festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Miami.
Student work:
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George has over 20+ years of experience in the areas of publishing, marketing, and strategy, and has crafted solutions for Esquire, Ford, Cadillac, and Popular Mechanics. A native New Yorker, who looks to the city’s rich history and culture for inspiration in his work. George now teaches strategic problem-solving and design research at CUNY’s NYC College of Technology (City Tech) and hosts an award-winning podcast, Works in Process.
George works to create industry connections and access for emerging designers. He does this via his roles on the AIGA’s national Diversity, Equity + Inclusion initiative and 100 Roses from Concrete.
George earned his BFA from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology and his MFA from the Savannah College of Art + Design.
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Coming Soon! Video of the 2023 Fall Saturday Arts Career Workshop at The One Club for Creativity.