Course options
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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
London College of Communication
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
22-SEP-25
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Duration
15 months
Course summary
MA Commercial Photography focuses on technical excellence, and can support your ambitions towards becoming a high-end freelance photographer. Whether you’re interested in working across areas such as advertising, fashion, lifestyle and editorial, you’ll be supported to develop a high level of competence in responding to key and changing developments across contemporary commercial photography.
Course overview
MA Commercial Photography focuses on technical excellence and will support your ambitions towards becoming a high-end freelance photographer.
You will be interested in working across areas of commercial practice, such as advertising, fashion, still -life, portraiture and fine art, lifestyle and editorial. Alternatively, you may wish to develop other career pathways – for example, as a retoucher, creative producer, digital technician or picture editor.
This course will support you to develop an advanced level of competence in responding to key and changing developments across contemporary commercial photography. Within this, you’ll consider the impact of global and ethical issues and accelerating technologies which demand responsive practices, adaptive visual approaches and distinctive concept development.
Independent learning is a key feature of the course, with a focus on the integration of contemporary technical and business skills underpinned by critical and research practices throughout.
What to expect
You’ll take an enquiry-led approach to independent learning through discovery, interaction and response to change.
Throughout the course, you’ll create substantial self-initiated projects, synthesising your skills, knowledge and understanding, while enabling you to create a substantial professional portfolio for your future career.
You’ll develop a strong foundation in technical, critical and research skills that will enable you to grow critical awareness in your personal practice while establishing a distinctive individual identity to your work.
Commercial photography practice is rooted in collaboration, which is strongly encouraged and foregrounded throughout the course. You’ll present and communicate projects to peers and partners, demonstrating critical awareness through interdisciplinary work.
For your Final Major Project, you’ll be supervised and supported to undertake a significant piece of work, including research planning and the application of models of commercial photographic practice.
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 28,570per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of the Arts, London
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University League Table
29th
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Campus address
University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London, London, WC1V 7EY, England
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
43rd out of 95 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 198140 71%28th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10052.0 52%77th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.94 73%72nd
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