The Photography specialization emphasizes an expressive and comprehensive approach to photographic image making. Students explore the medium's creative potential and place within contemporary art and culture through a diverse curriculum, while also developing technical competency and practical knowledge in a range of techniques. Courses cover the most current digital technologies, as well as traditional analogue and hybridized processes. Throughout the program, students are exposed to a variety of specialized topics such as studio lighting, analogue and digital printmaking, DSLR video, advanced digital image manipulation and bookmaking. During their final year of the specialization, students expand upon a personalized portfolio towards a senior exhibition, ultimately preparing for a graduate visual art program, a creative commercial field or a life in the arts.
Facilities
- Analogue black & white darkroom for making silver gelatin prints
- Digital printmaking facility equipped with 6 iMacs loaded with Adobe Creative Suite, Hasselblad Flextight and Epson scanners, Epson large format inkjet printers
- Students enrolled in photography courses have access to a variety of cameras and lighting equipment such as: Canon 5D Mark III DSLR cameras, medium and large format cameras, strobe lighting kits and video/audio equipment. Students also have access to a 16 station iMac computer lab in the Art Department