BA (Hons) Photography at Cardiff Metropolitan University

The BA Photography develops technical, creative and conceptual approaches to photography, drawing on artistic and editorial image-making and experimental lens-based practices. Students gain professional digital and film skills, build a portfolio and develop a distinctive visual identity. The School has a longstanding partnership with Ffotogallery, the National Photography Agency for Wales.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Art & Design  |  Department: Photography  |  Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a year-long sandwich placement  |  Intake: 2027  |  Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Skills covered include analogue and digital image making, studio and location lighting, photographic genres, editing and sequencing, digital workflow and post-production, portfolio development, ethics and professional contexts. Year 1: Photography Fundamentals, Photographic Perspectives, Research Basics, Interdisciplinary Understanding. Year 2: Creative Photographic Practice, 21st Century Challenges, Real-World Contexts, Research Proposal. Year 3: Professional Photographic Practice, Positioning in Practice, Contribution.

Career pathways

Graduates work as independent photographers, in media and design companies and advertising agencies and the wider creative industries; some train as teachers through a PGCE or progress to master's study.

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