Press & Editorial Photography BA(Hons) Degree

Course outline

Stage 1

• Photographic Practice
• Introduction to Press & Editorial Photography
• Critical Approaches to Reading the Image

Stage 2

• Photographic Practice
• Genres - Critical Contexts
• Professional Practice
• Narrative, Storytelling & News

Stage 3

• Major Project - Portfolio
• Long Essay & Critical Reflection on Practice

Tell me more about the BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography course

 BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography award information form (94.92 KB)

Our series of workshops and problem-solving situations will teach you advanced crafts in image-making and how to communicate through images across a broad spectrum of print media publications. You'll need more than just the ability to take a good picture to succeed, so we'll help you develop an eye for opportunity and provide the support, knowledge and technical know-how for you to excel in this challenging environment.

Throughout the course, real and simulated briefs with external professional organisations such as regional, national and international press, publishers, press agencies and picture libraries will place your images for publication in newspapers, magazines and books in the professional market, building your portfolio.

By choosing to study for a degree in Press & Editorial Photography you will:

• Be introduced to a wide range of photographic practices and skills through ‘hands-on' project work, essays, and seminar presentations.
• Benefit from being taught by friendly and approachable staff who are practising professionals with extensive expertise in Higher Education.
• Learn how to transmit images via our electronic picture desk, edit pictures for publication and take an idea from conception to post-production using both digital and traditional technologies.
• Be based at our high-specification Photography Centre.
• Join a course that produces award-winning results, including the winners of the Sony Twilight Football Awards  and the National Outlook Expeditions 2009 Photo Competition.

Links

• www.magnumphotos.com 
• www.rexfeatures.com
• www.calumetphoto.co.uk
• pressphotography.falmouth.ac.uk

How is the course taught?

This full-time course is delivered in study blocks. Operating on a basis of continuous assessment with no formal examinations, you'll be measured using a combination of visual, verbal and written assignments. You'll also be asked to develop peer and self-evaluation skills which will be used in critical, conceptual, productive and professional capacities.

Assessment

• Project work, essays, seminar presentations
• Portfolio
• Long essay and critical review in final year

Facilities

Our Photography Centre has a justified reputation as one of the very best in Europe and includes:

• Well-equipped black and white and colour darkrooms and process areas
• Large professional-standard studios
• Film and paper processing machines
• Fully colour-managed digital suites
• Digital training area with Adobe CS4 Creative Suite
• Professional quality film scanners and Adobe Photoshop software
• Professional printing and mounting service equipped with laser and LED digital printers and large format inkjet printers
• Photography store containing a large range of equipment for loan including digital and film cameras, large format cameras, and studio and location lighting.

Projects

Recent projects taken on by BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography students include staging an exhibition, entitled First Edition, at Calumet's London headquarters. The private view was attended by some of the industry's leading photographers, picture editors, photojournalists and documentary filmmakers.

Press release: Press photography students focus on first edition exhibition

University College Falmouth hosts an annual Photography Symposium, featuring a collection of speakers, from every corner of the photographic world, reflecting the international standing of our portfolio of Photography courses.

Photography symposium 2010

Answers and advice about the course

For further information about BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764.

Our student mentors are now on Facebook. To chat to a mentor about the course, living in Cornwall, or what to expect at Falmouth, check out the Choreography and Dance group. You need to join the group before you can post. Our student mentors have already done the first year of the course... so ask them anything you like!

Press & Editorial Photography Facebook group

If you're not Facebook you can still speak to a student mentor. Email your name and the course you're starting to: studentmentorenquiries@falmouth.ac.uk and we will be in touch with you.

Taster days

Our taster days are intended to give prospective applicants the chance to immerse themselves in their course of choice for a full day, working on a project with our staff and students. We run tours of all our facilities and accommodation, provide lunch, and really give guests a flavour of life at Falmouth.

For more information, please email: tasterdays@falmouth.ac.uk

Career opportunities

Graduates from the press & editorial photography course will be prepared for employment with local, regional and national publications as well as news agencies, television or web-based industries. There are a wide range of related career opportunities including:

• Press photographer
• Sports photographer
• Fashion photographer
• Photojournalist
• Picture editor
• Picture researcher

Entry requirements

A minimum of 220 UCAS points, equivalent Level 3 qualifications or relevant experience. You may be required to submit some work to help us decide who to interview.

Successful applicants are generally those with the strongest portfolios, demonstrating experimentation, technical ability and understanding of the art and design process.

Please see our How to Apply page for more information.

For further information about BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764.

Interview and selection process

All applicants will be asked to submit a project prior to interview of eight images in hard copy 8 x10 format.

Applicants invited to interview on the strength of project submission. Those invited to interview will have a campus tour followed by an individual interview and portfolio discussion. Portfolio should contain not only photography, but evidence of research and writing skills, eg an essay or report, together with any other artwork, 3D work or evidence of idea development, eg sketchbooks or workbooks.

Interviews will be held on 1 and 8 December 2011, 4, 5, 12 and 26 January, 9, 16 and 23 February, 1 and 8 March 2012.

Location: Tremough Campus

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