BA (Hons) Commercial Photography

Studying on the BA (Hons) Commercial Photography course will prepare you for a successful career in fashion, editorial, beauty, advertising, architectural photography, fashion film (moving image) and post-production or set and run photography studios and even set up a magazine (we have successful alumni doing all of this and more!). You will learn outstanding and innovative advanced image production skills with expert workshops and tuition. Contextual studies, professional practice (Mental Wealth), and entrepreneurial skills will be supporting your development and readiness for industry 4.0.

Foundation Year(If Required)

• Professional Life (Mental Wealth)
• Art & Design Workshops, Processes & Skills
• Art & Design Studio Practice Practise & Portfolio
• Art & Design Specialist Workshops, Processes & Skills
• Art & Design Specialist Studio Practice & Portfolio
• Art & Design Contextual Studies

Year 1

• Contextual Studies 1 (Core)
• Practice 1 (Core)
• Experimentation and Application (Core)
• Experimentation and Application 1B (Core)
• Research into Practice 1 (Core)
• Professional Life 1 (Mental Wealth) (Core)

Year 2

• Contextual Studies 2 (Core)
• Practice 2 (Core)
• Advanced Experimentation and Applications (Core)
• Advanced Practice (Core)
• Research into Practice 2 (Core)
• Professional Life 2 (Mental Wealth) (Core)

Year 3

• Practice 3 (Core)
• Research into Practice 3 – Commercial Photography (Core)
• Independent Major Project Part A (Core)
• Independent Major Project Part B (Core)
• Professional Life 3 (Mental Wealth) (Core)

Employability

The BA (Hons) Commercial Photography will offer not only technical and creative skills but opportunities in multi/ inter-disciplinary and expanded practices, prepare students on the course to bring interdisciplinary practices into their practice such as e.g. producing fashion films. Students and graduates may also seek opportunities to work with e.g. bloggers and other opportunities created by social media. The graduates are able to market to wider international audiences through platforms such as Instagram, gaining opportunities such as one of our recent BA Photography graduates getting retouching jobs through Instagram posts, now retouching for photographers working for high-end magazines such as Vogue. We expect BA (Hons) Commercial Photography graduates continue to follow the career destinations that our current BA (Hons) Photography alumni have achieved.