Photography Canterbury Christ Church University

Overview

You’ll be developing your individual and collective abilities, both creatively and technically, to a high level with the support of academic experts in the field.

The experienced and inspiring team will help you to identify your own interests in photography and enable you to make the most of your creative practice. They'll share their research insights and professional practice so that you are exposed to current and relevant photographic skills and knowledge.

What you'll learn

The Photography course from Canterbury Christ Church University is taught within professional facilities including specialist digital imaging and film processing suites and well-equipped studios. You will learn how to edit and print your work both in a darkroom and using digital printing methods. You will also benefit from receiving technical support to enable you use a variety of cameras, in a range of camera formats, including our latest digital cameras.

There will be regular field trips, exhibition and gallery based sessions. We also welcome visiting professionals to talk about their experience of working in the creative industries. 

Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the integration of practice and theory. All modules are designed to develop your awareness of supporting theoretical concepts, informing your own practice and encouraging you to develop areas of specialism as you progress from Year 1 to an increasingly individualised programme of study in Year 3.

Our aim is to help prepare you for a successful creative life after graduation, which is celebrated in a group exhibition at the end of each year of study.

Your future career

The course is designed to prepare you for work within the creative visual industries. As a successful student, you will have gained a full range of creative, theoretical, social, technological and administrative skills and resources appropriate for employment within the creative and cultural industries. 

Emphasis is placed on preparation for work - readiness throughout the programme including modules in exhibition curation and professional practice. Graduate students may progress to professional employment in photography and the creative industries, further study or more broadly into a variety of settings where innovation, confidence, discipline and flair are important.