Master's Degree in Signature Documentary Photography
Barcelona, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
9 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The contents of the Master's in Documentary Photography, covering technical, aesthetic, and humanistic aspects, are designed with the needs of emerging authors in documentary photography in mind. We aim to nurture creators with unique personalities and social awareness, empowering them to undertake projects that are both individually and collectively meaningful.
This master's program is designed for photographers, artists, creators, visual journalists, researchers, and communicators. The program covers various technical, aesthetic, and philosophical areas of photography, with the aim of stimulating new ideas about the meaning of reality, truth, photography, and information today.
No scholarship options are available for this program.
MODULE I
- Contemporary Documentary Photography: Aesthetics, Society, and Technology
- Research Methodology
- Project Management applied to Photographic Projects
MODULE II
- New Documentary and Storytelling
- Photographic Editing
- Digital Lab
MODULE III
- Still Life. The Art of Photographing Objects
- The Contemporary Landscape. Territory, Space, and Place
- Photographic Portrait. Body, Gender, and Identity
- Video. The Moving Image and New Documentary I
MODULE IV
- Intimate Diary. Personal Narratives and Self-Portrait
- Photojournalism and Reportage. Visual Essays in the Contemporary World
- Video. The Moving Image and New Documentary II
MODULE V
- Photobook
- Photography in the Exhibition Space
- Social Networks as a Space for Dissemination. The Traffic of Images in the Digital Environment
FINAL MASTER'S THESIS
WORK PLACEMENTS (optional)
*The syllabus is subject to change.
Documentary photographers play a crucial role in capturing the complexity of human life, aiming to inform, inspire, preserve history, and foster a deeper, interconnected understanding of our world.
- Photography for a press agency,
- Visual arts,
- Director of photography in press,
- Communication management,
- Research and teaching in photography,
- Artistic coordination in cultural institutions,
- Visual journalism, etc.
This program is taught 100% in English.


