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MA - Master of Arts
Goldsmiths, University of London
Full Time
23-SEP-24
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Goldsmiths, University of London
Full time
23-SEP-24
1 year
Select a an exam type
Photography is a key medium of the 21st century. We record every aspect of our lives with smartphone cameras, consume knowledge through image flows, are exposed to constant surveillance via security cameras while feeding computer databases with our social media images.
Photography itself is undergoing a radical transformation in its encounter with CGI (computer generated images) and AI (artificial intelligence). This MA programme gives practitioners and theorists the opportunity to research and develop the new boundaries of image-making made possible by technological change within the context of post-industrial culture.
The programme joins theory and practice, equipping you to develop and achieve highly in the new image media culture. The practice uses both digital and analogue technology, still and durational photography, as well as the study and production of interactivity.
It also allows for specialisation in photography and/or electronic arts – which, in addition to still photography, can include interactive, durational, and internet work – but encompasses a broader interpretation of practice. You'll look at the meaning, production, and distribution of images in their present and historical contexts, and at the relationship between theory and practice in image production and management.
You also participate in enabling sessions in photography:
and/or in electronic arts:
Skills
You'll develop specific practice skills to a high level, and the articulation/understanding of the pleasures of media consumption.
Careers
Graduates from the programme are extremely successful, with finalists working commercially, developing as artists or continuing to enlarge their academic knowledge. During the course particular attention is given to the development of the individual voice. This, plus students' exposure to a range of technologies, means that our graduates can step into the arena of their choice, or sometimes of their making.
Students should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject as well a level of practical experience in a relevant area.
Students living in
Domestic
£12,520 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£25,270 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£25,270 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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