MA Photography

Duration

1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

Institution code

L28

UCAS Code

N/A

Black and white close-up of glossy lips in partial focus, surrounded by blurred abstract shapes, creating a mysterious and artistic effect.

Francesca Marengo

Man walking in an indoor passageway with tile walls, past a metal table and benches, towards a lit area in the distance.

Yee Yung Cheung

Person in a dark outfit with head tilted back against a red background, wearing layered necklaces.

Laurelle Kamara

A hand hovers over a woman's closed eyes in soft lighting, casting shadows on her face. She wears a patterned, pleated top.

Francesca Marengo

A photograph featuring a road view through a car windshield with blurred raindrops, silhouetted trees and a gloomy sky in black and white.

Richard Hall

A photograph of a person in a white veil gazing ahead with a softly lit staircase in the background.

Freya Tate

Black and white photo of a winding stream in a grassy landscape, with trees and an overcast sky in the background.

Louie Haslam-Chance

A distorted, wavy image of what appears to be an architectural detail against a black background, creating a flowing, abstract pattern.

Meline Gharibyan

A photograph of a person in a red outfit standing joyfully in front of open glass doors, basking in sunlight against a brick wall with green grass nearby.

Oluwakemi Oluwunmi

A green and white cap hangs on a rack beside a white towel against a worn wall with decorative tiles in a room.

Sumaira Ahmad

Three people stand on a rocky landscape, facing a foggy background in a grainy, black-and-white photograph.

Louie Haslam-Chance

Sunlight casts a shadow of frayed fabric edges onto a surface, creating a warm, textured pattern.

Yee Yung Cheung

The Course

Do you see the world differently? Our MA Photography course promotes innovation and experimentation, supporting you to develop your own distinctive creative vision as a photographic practitioner.

The course examines strategies to resolve projects into substantial outputs such as publications, exhibitions and digital platforms, and emphasises the need to determine an audience as being integral to a sustained and successful practice.

Through a research-based investigation using photographic practices, you’ll consider the cultural and ethical uses of the medium within a range of genres and approaches.

You will develop skills for analysis and critical evaluation, as well as professional knowledge to engage with the wider photographic community and industry.

With an emphasis on developing practitioners with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills, a unique photographic style and an informed, critical approach to image-making, this course will appeal to creatives at different stages of their career including recent graduates, early career professionals and creative professionals. It is particularly suited to those looking to expand their practice within a dynamic context that engages with photography, visual culture, and contemporary artistic discourse.

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The Structure

Our postgraduate courses include both specialist subject modules and transdisciplinary core modules. Both are underpinned by independent learning. You will be supported with a variety of teaching and learning methods, including individual supervision, group tutorials, live briefs and project proposals, as well as being encouraged to collaborate with students from other postgraduate courses.

Our academic staff are engaged in contemporary practice in their specialism and will support, encourage and challenge you during your studies. All postgraduate students are taught together in research methods and professional development modules. Postgraduate courses can be studied either full-time over one academic year or part-time over two academic years. Teaching is broken down into three teaching blocks per year.

Specialist Resources

Students are able to access a range of specialist facilities by arrangement. These include: professional standard photographic equipment and digital print facilities (including film scanning), and fully rigged lighting studios.