Photography - BA (Hons)

University of Salford

By providing you with a solid foundation in photographic theory and practice, this course will offer you the opportunity to take risks, explore ideas and realise your creative potential. The course aims to create flexible, resourceful and creative photographers with well-developed transferable skills, that can be applied to a broad range of commercial, commerce and art based careers.You will work with industry-standard equipment and studios to support you from image capture through to exhibition. You will learn to apply a range of practical contemporary photographic and digital skills in order to explore the creative and intellectual potential of existing, experimental and digital photographic techniques and their application within the creative arts and media industries.Some of the career routes that photography graduates go on to include, archivists, assistants, art directors, curators, digital artists, exhibiting photographers, freelancers, picture researchers, printers, retouches, studio managers, teachers, videographers. You will also have the potential to move across into related careers in marketing, branding, technical support and PR.**You will:*** Develop your skills and gain confidence with access to our outstanding technical facilities and equipment* Gain real world experience through working directly with industry on live briefs and masterclasses* Grow your authentic creative vision within an inclusive and ambitious community of photographers* Learn about sustainability and the power photography has to make positive change in the world* Explore the potential of photography as a regenerative practice which inspires solutions to global challenges

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology