Photography BA(Hons) presentation

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Welcome to the University of Brighton’s Faculty

of Arts

Open day 2012

www.brighton.ac.uk/arts

The University of Brighton

• You will graduate from a leading professional university

• You will be part of an institution that is innovative and

relevant

• You will benefit from our career-focused approach

• You will study with facilities tailored to your needs

• You will be given excellent teaching and support

• You will live and study in an outstanding location

Did you know?

We are the twelfth most applied for UK university, with 40,000 applicants for 4,000 places.

BA (Hons) Photography

The Photography Course aims to:

• encourage creative and intellectual development

• engage in contemporary debates about photography

• develop independence

• develop professional confidence and transferable skills

First Year (Level Four)Semester One Study Modules

Practice

• Photography and Identity

• Photography and Place

Historical and Critical Studies

• Origins and Histories of Photography

First Year (Level Four)Semester Two Study Modules

Practice

• The Photograph as Allegory

• The Photograph as Document

• Image as Document/Fiction

Second Year (Level Five)Semester One Study Modules

Practice - project choice examples

• ‘Returning the Gaze’ / ‘Experimental Archaeology’

• ‘Altered Spaces’ / ‘Low Tide’ / ‘Orpheus’

• Issues in Contemporary Photography

Second Year (Level Five)Semester Two Study Modules

Practice - project choice examples

• ‘Unlikely Places’ / ‘Journeys’ / ‘About Some Events’

• Independent Project

• Faculty Option

• Discursive Histories, Research Methodologies &

Dissertation Proposal

Third Year (Level Six)Semester One Study Modules

Practice

• Minor Project

• Dissertation

Professional Practice

Third Year (Level Six)Semester Two Study Modules

Practice

• Major Project

Professional Practice

Photography Graduate Victoria Jenkins working on her Major Project in the Photography Studio

Staff Research, Professional and Social Engagement

• http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/study/pmis/photography-mfa-ba/meet-the-staff4

Admissions: How to Apply

Step One: Qualifications

Successful applicants would normally have achieved a qualification in preparation for study at degree level:

• Art and Design Foundation Diploma or equivalent

• Three A levels at B,B,C

• At least five GCSEs (or equivalent) including English Language and Mathematics at grade C or above

Step Two: Portfolio

• personal website (Tumblr)

• showing creative photographic work, influences, artistic and photographic interests

• between 10 and 20 images organised into projects

• exploring ideas

• critical essay should be submitted with the portfolio

Step Three: Interview

If invited for interview, please be prepared to demonstrate:

• knowledge of the course and its context

• awareness of current art and photographic practices

• ability to discuss your work and its development

• a willingness to engage with photography in a scholarly way through independent study and written work

• enthusiasm for working in groups and independently

Step Three: Interview (continued)

• involves discussion of printed work

• bring portfolio box or book

• project work coherently organised

• exploring and visualising ideas

• between 12 and 20 images

Graduates of our course have become:

• artists working with photography

• independent photographers

• photographic educators

• publishers and editors

• picture librarians and researchers

• photographers assistants

• photography curators

• photographic agents

• photographic gallery administrators and managers

• photography studio managers

• postgraduate research students

We hope you enjoy your day here.

To find out more visit

www.brighton.ac.uk/arts

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