MA Photography: The Image & Electronic Arts
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
MA Photography: The Image & Electronic Arts
Photography is a key medium of the 21st century. We record every aspect of our lives with smartphone cameras, consume knowledge through image flows, are exposed to constant surveillance via security cameras while feeding computer databases with our social media images.
Photography itself is undergoing a radical transformation in its encounter with CGI (computer generated images) and AI (artificial intelligence). This MA programme gives practitioners and theorists the opportunity to research and develop the new boundaries of image-making made possible by technological change within the context of post-industrial culture.
Theprogramme joins theory and practice, equipping you to develop and achieve highly in the new image media culture. The practice uses both digital and analogue technology, still and durational photography, as well as the study and production of interactivity.
It also allows for specialisation in photography and/or electronic arts which, in addition to still photography, can include interactive, durational, and internet work but encompasses a broader interpretation of practice.
You'll look at the meaning, production, and distribution of images in their present and historical contexts, and at the relationship between theory and practice in image production and management.
You will also participate in enabling sessions in photography:
- medium/large format cameras
- portable and studio lighting technologies and their use
- film technology
- cinematography
- digital imaging
- output systems and processes
and/or in electronic arts:
- computer and video graphics
- post-production
- computer-aided design
- digital publishing
- animation
- animatics
- 2D and 3D computer animation
- still and durational image production and manipulation
- web construction
- interactivity
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
- Photography:Durational & Still; Analogue & Digital
- Electronic Imagery:Motion & Still
- Visualisation:Stand-alone & Interactive
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates from the programme are extremely successful, with finalists working commercially, developing as artists or continuing to enlarge their academic knowledge. During the course, particular attention is given to the development of the individual voice. This, plus students' exposure to a range of technologies, means that our graduates can step into the arena of their choice, or sometimes of their making.
Here are just some examples of the sorts of careers graduates have gone onto:
- Art Director
- Artist
- Animator
- Senior Interactive Designer
- Head of Creative Department
- Head Technical Creative, Experimental Film and Dance
- Commercial Photography (fashion, editorial, photobooks, social, advertising)
- Director (commercial narrative)
- Director Of Photography
- Installation Artist
- Interactive Artist
- Producer
- Curator
English Language Requirements
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