Jobs
Owner of Kori Livingston Design
Senior Portrait Photographer
Car Photographer
Founder of the Photography Club at Southern Lehigh High School
Campus Event Photographer at Rochester Institute of Technology
Advertising Team Member at Rising for an Ad Campaign for The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Education
Photography 101/ Independent Study, Southern Lehigh High School, Center Valley, PA
Light and the Human Body Class at the Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
Photojournalism summer class at the Corcoran, Washington D.C.
Advertising Photography Major, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
New Media Technologies Minor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Advertising and Public Relations Minor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Awards
Honorable Mention in Drexel University's Photography Competition in 2010
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I grew up in the small town of Center Valley, Pennsylvania. Located forty-five minutes outside of Philadelphia. As a young child I began my photography career with disposable cameras. The interactions between my family at holidays always was my favorite to capture. I often times would sit and observe those around me and how they reacted to situations and try to mimic these expressions in my photos. When I reached high school I enrolled in my first official photography class using 35mm film. I immediately fell in love with incorporating the urban style I had seen in the city into my photography, and was a great way to escape from the farm fields, and country living I had always been surrounded by. I spent all of my weekends finding locations to shoot, and dragging my friends all around town trying to take photos like the ones I always admired from magazines. After my class ended I began taking photography classes at local art centers, began an independent study, took summer photography classes at the Corcoran (Washington, D.C.), and continued shooting any time I could. As I waited to start college I started my own photography business and began shooting senior portraits, and car photos for local people in my area. I also began a photography club for students who had taken the photography class at my school and wanted to expand on what they had already learned. The summer before my senior year I was accepted to both Art Center College of Art and Design (Pasadena, California), and Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) for advertising photography. As a young adult still, I made the jump and went out to California to attend Art Center. I spent my first semester out in California in an incoming freshman class no more than 30 students. While Art Center offered such an incredible program, and I loved it, I felt that I was more suited at Rochester Institute of Technology. Moving to RIT I was able to branch out and work in event photography as a side job on top of being a student. I was also able to branch my photography company into incorporating more aspects of graphic design. I was also able to minor in New Media Technology, which is a great blend of learning new technology uses for advertising, the study of trends of the advertising industry, and graphic design. I was also able to minor in Advertising and Public Relations. I still currently reside in Rochester, attending classes, and still incorporating the style I was influenced by out while I was in California. I still continue to be influenced by urban styles, and styles from the past. I enjoy photos that are edgy, fun, colorful, and embody youthfulness. This is currently the direction my work has been heading in.