Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

A level Photography will particularly appeal to students who want to communicate their ideas visually, who are interested in the relationship between art and photography, enjoy looking at and discussing photographic work and want to engage with practical project-based photography. Students will be offered a variety of experiences that explore a range of photographic media, techniques and processes. Students will explore relevant images and resources relating to a range of photography, art and design, from the past and from recent times. This will be linked to the investigating and making processes. Students’ responses to these examples will be shown through practical and written activities that demonstrate understanding of different photographic styles, genres and traditions. Students will use sketchbooks/journals to present their work and show the development of their ideas. They may wish to develop their drawing skills in order to produce storyboards, thumbnail sketches and diagrams. Students will use digital techniques to produce images, from taking photographs to digital manipulation with software. Students are required to work in one or more area of photography, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas including: • Portraiture • Landscape photography (working from the urban, rural and/or coastal environment) • Still life photography (working from objects or from the natural world) • Documentary photography, photojournalism • Experimental imagery • Multimedia • Photographic installation