BA (Hons) Photography

Course detail Content: what students can expect

• To test and explore the creative possibilities and limits of photography, and be encouraged to develop approaches that feed new and innovative ways of working
• To consider the broadest applications of image and material within a photographically oriented culture, thinking through documentation, advertising, personal memento, public image, object of expression and then ask how these uses affect our perception of photographic culture
• To be introduced to colour as well as black and white darkroom processes, studio lighting, advanced alternative printing, postproduction and colour management
• To investigate methods through which their work reaches its audience; from physical installations, exhibitions and publications, to new media and the web
• To be taught by prominent artists, critics, curators and publishers, as well as developing new ideas and approaches whilst developing professional contacts
• To have access to Camberwell's shared workshops. View Camberwell's facilities section
• To test how their artworks are installed, received and understood by participating in an external exhibition with students from across our BA Fine Art programme
• A Fine Art lecture series open to all Camberwell undergraduate students studying Drawing, Painting, Photography and Sculpture
• To explore international ideas about contemporary photographic practice, by accessing London’s extensive galleries, attending our international programme of artists talks, and by taking part in optional visits to major exhibitions and events, including the Venice Biennale, Documenta and Paris Photo
• To develop ideas and experiences internationally, through optional exchange partnerships with other world-leading art schools, including University of California (UCLA, Los Angeles), Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV, Venice), Die Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst - Academy of Fine Arts (HGB, Leipzig), and through our artist-led workshop partnership with Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA, Beijing)

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Structure

By retaining single subject degrees in Fine Art at undergraduate level, Camberwell offers students the chance to study in-depth painting, sculpture, photography and drawing, while still enabling students to access cross-course teaching and facilities, as well as work with their peers in other Fine Art areas.

All undergraduate Fine Art students at Camberwell attend cross-course crits and tutorials throughout their course, even though they are primarily based in their own subject areas.

• Unit 1: Introduction to BA Drawing, Painting, Photography and Sculpture
• Unit 2: Defining the subject - What is Photography
• Unit 3: Critical context and reflective practice
• Unit 4: Exploring subject possibilities - Time and space

• Unit 5: Options - Extended contexts
• Unit 6: Presentation and exhibition
• Unit 7: Defining a context for your work
• Unit 8: Presentation, collaboration and development

• Unit 9 - part 1: Context - Dissertation, work placement or live project
• Unit 9 - part 2: Personal and professional development - Portfolio, includes contextual statement, evaluative report and digital portfolio
• Unit 10: Individual programme of study

BA Photography students have the opportunity to exhibit their work internally at the university and at external venues in London, with previous spaces having included Dilston Grove, CGP London, Shoreditch Town Hall and Southwark's The Biscuit Factory.

Students are supported in pursuing work experience with major organisations, including Self Publish, Be Happy, and Art on the Underground.

Monday 24 September - Friday 7 December 2018

Monday 7 January - Friday 15 March 2019

Monday 15 April - Friday 21 June 2019

Learning and teaching methods

• Events, screenings and visits
• Group and individual critiques, tutorials and formal reviews
• Individual programmes of study
• Key ideas lecture programme
• Learning skills in practical and technical workshops.
• Lectures and visiting speakers
• Staff and student led seminars and discussions
• Taught drawing sessions

Assessment methods

• Assignments, essays, statements and reports
• Development file
• Peer assessment
• Portfolios
• Practical work
• Presentations
• Project and support work
• Proposals
• Self-assessment

Facilities

• Photography

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• Digital Media

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• 3D Workshops

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Staff

• Duncan Wooldridge - Course Leader
• Mervyn Arthur - Senior Lecturer
• Ewa Axelrad - Associate Lecturer
• Sheyi Bankale - Associate Lecturer
• Bernd Behr - Lecturer
• Aliki Braine - Associate Lecturer

• Joy Gregory - Associate Lecturer
• Thomas Haywood - Associate Lecturer
• Anna Mossman - Associate Lecturer
• Helen Robertson - Associate Lecturer
• Shizuka Yokomizo - Associate Lecturer

Contextual Studies Staff

• Juan Bolivar
• Bruno Ceschel
• Quilla Constance
• Fran Cottell
• Kimathi Donkor
• Peter Kapos

• Jordan McKenzie
• Rupert Norfolk
• Jeremy Spencer
• Jelena Stojković
• Tom Worsfold

Recent visitors have included:

• Becky Beasley
• Walead Beshty
• Rut Blees Luxemburg
• Marc Camille Chaimowicz
• Shezad Dawood
• John Divola
• Hal Foster - Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
• Darren Harvey-Regan
• Mishka Henner

• Helen Molesworth - Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
• Aron Morel
• Matthew Noel-Tod
• Eddie Peake
• Sarah Pickering
• Griselda Pollock - Director of the Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History (CATH), Leeds University
• Clare Strand