Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Photography is an exciting industry where no two days can be the same. You can work on briefs for a client’s new product or be whisked off to a wedding for the day. You could decide to specialise in journalism and showcase your photos with the latest breaking news. The photography industry comprises of almost 14,000 companies in which 50% are freelance photographers. The course will enable students to explore photography practices including digital techniques, studio techniques and various camera techniques, and apply these skills both with an artistic sense and that of more commercial needs, such as in advertising, PR and journalism. Students are required to work in one or more area(s) of photography, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas: • 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 • fashion photography • experimental imagery • multimedia • photographic installation • moving image (video, film, animation)