Commercial Photography - BA (Hons)
Arts University Bournemouth
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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BA (Hons) Commercial Photography offers you the opportunity to push creative boundaries and challenge the perceptions and expectations of contemporary commercial photography. Youll develop your image-making and production skills to a high standard while gaining an in-depth knowledge of the expectations of contemporary commercial practice, and how to operate within it. The media relies on creative imagery to communicate messages. Our BA (Hons) Commercial Photography course gives you the ...Read more

BA (Hons) Commercial Photography offers you the opportunity to push creative boundaries and challenge the perceptions and expectations of contemporary commercial photography. You'll develop your image-making and production skills to a high standard while gaining an in-depth knowledge of the expectations of contemporary commercial practice, and how to operate within it. The media relies on creative imagery to communicate messages. Our BA (Hons) Commercial Photography course gives you the opportunity to develop a specialist career, working within fashion, including beauty advertising, including still life and lifestyle and documentary and editorial, including portraiture. Three reasons to study BA (Hons) Commercial Photography at AUB: It's a focused, creative course that allows specialism in fashion/beauty, advertising/lifestyle and documentary/editorial/portraiture. We have a curriculum and structure designed to allow technical, creative and critical development, as you work towards becoming creative photographers within the industry. We have a professional environment, offering resources that support your ambitions and that are comparable with industry standards.

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27/279
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61st
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£9,790 per year

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£9,790 per year

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Students from England

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£9,790 per year

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Students from Scotland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,790 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,790 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,790 per year

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£19,950 per year

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