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Photography

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

1 Year

Start

September 2023

Delivery

Campus Taught

The MA Photography programme offers an in-depth, creative and socially engaged postgraduate level education in the practices of contemporary photography. From darkroom practice and professional development through to a final degree show, we will nurture your visual development and critical thinking.

We live in a visual age. Photography, as well as images and visual artefacts, plays a huge role in how we see and understand a range of issues in the past, present and future. Through a mix of practical and research-based modules, the MA will support the visual and critical development of your practice, helping you to bring ownership to your ideas whilst creating visually exciting and intellectually stimulating visual work.

Through a blend of taught lectures and independent practice, supported by workshops, tutorials and field exercises, you will be encouraged to develop work that focuses on your strengths and interests while having the support and encouragement to think about how photographs are created, used, discussed and shared in our increasingly visually rich world.

Why study with us

Outstanding facilities and staff within our purpose-built Media Factory building, a hub for the creative industries.
You’ll get to use industry-standard digital cameras and a digital photography IT suite with large format scanners, exhibition-quality digital printing facilities, and computing suites equipped with the latest software packages.
We have three photography studios equipped to a standard that makes them comparable with any modern professional studio. We also have excellent darkroom facilities and our own photography base-room.

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Degree Show 2022

Discover the award-winning creative work produced by our postgraduate Photography students. The degree show features work in a range of mediums by students from the School of Arts & Media.

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What you'll do

There will be opportunities to attend guest lecturers by leading practitioners, editors and curators, helping you to build links with industry professionals.
Opportunities to work on live briefs for real clients, enabling you to gain relevant professional skills and experience.
Our intensive workshop sessions will enable to you attain the relevant skills and undertake visual problem-solving while developing your understanding of industry expectations, skill levels and how to further your career.

Module overview

Course delivery

This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.

100%Face-to-face

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

Future careers

The MA in Photography will help you prepare for a professional or academic career in photography and related visual fields.

Our graduates have gone on to work as freelance fashion photographers, sports photographers and in digital editing and filmmaking amongst many other successful and varied careers.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£7800 per year

Part-time£867 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14500 per year

2023/24

Full-time£8,400 per year

Part-time£933 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£15,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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This course is delivered through a variety of methods to suit the required learning – so not only in a classroom but also out in the field. Critically-based lectures and seminars will give you a sound grounding in photographic skills and the work of contemporary practitioners working in a politically and socially complex world.

Practice is at the core of the programme and we’ll encourage you to be innovative and experimental. You’ll get to make use of our excellent facilities, including industry-standard digital cameras, studios and computing suites.

Your work will be assessed in a number of ways: practical work, fieldwork, presentations, essays, workbooks and a dissertation towards the end of the course.

We have great industry links - our students have gone on placements with organisations such as V&A, Vogue, Guardian Media, Ilford and Rankin as well as going on to win international photography awards The course gives you the chance to work with a range of local, national and international organisations, and you’ll also get to attend lectures by visiting speakers and have your own practice reviewed by industry professionals.

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This course is based in the School of Arts and Media located in the Faculty of Culture and Creative Industries

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