BA (Hons) - Photography (with integrated foundation year)
Capture the world in its many facets and faces. Create and seize unique moments in time. Explore your creative passion and bring it to life.
Based on our dedicated arts campus, this photography degree with an integrated foundation year will help you explore your creative passion and become a professional photographer.
Course Overview
Our foundation course in photography will give you a strong grounding to experience life through the camera lens to advance your studies to degree level.
You’ll learn all the essential photography basics - how to use a variety of cameras, both digital and film, how to make creative images, work in a studio and on location, and how to print your photos to a high standard.
In addition, on this photography course you’ll explore historical and contemporary photographers and images to encourage you to develop your own style and flourish as a photographer ready for year one of the degree course.
Former students have gone into a range of photographic careers, become freelance photographers, curators and editors and some have secured solo exhibitions in art galleries just months after graduating.
On this course you will...
- Develop your photographic and editing skills while experimenting during workshops and outdoor activities.
- Work with students across the creative arts, collaborating on projects and exploring new mediums.
- Be taught by industry experts with experience working freelance and within creative organisations.
- Have the opportunity to exhibit your work publicly alongside the work of classmates across the arts.
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Location
Carlisle - Brampton Road Campus
Located just outside the city, right on top of Hadrian's Wall, the Brampton Road campus is full of history, buzzing with excitement, creativity, and a sense of endless possibility. The home of creators, entertainers, rule breakers, and change-markers.
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