Expanded Photography MA
University of Westminster, London
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The Expanded Photography MA embraces photography as an expanded field, encompassing specialisms such as virtual photography, photobooks, documentary, art, fashion, editorial, photojournalism and writing photography.This course will motivate you to learn skills, develop knowledge and expand your expertise in the thinking and practice of photography. You’ll be empowered to produce new forms of independent practice and be inspired to work creatively, ethically and sustainably with expanded ...Read more

The Expanded Photography MA embraces photography as an expanded field, encompassing specialisms such as virtual photography, photobooks, documentary, art, fashion, editorial, photojournalism and writing photography.This course will motivate you to learn skills, develop knowledge and expand your expertise in the thinking and practice of photography. You’ll be empowered to produce new forms of independent practice and be inspired to work creatively, ethically and sustainably with expanded photography within the rapidly changing visual image culture and global environment.The course offers a combination of photography and image literacy skills, and you’ll be introduced to a range of emerging technologies such as 3D Scanning, AI and CGI. You’ll gain professional visual skills and knowledge of expansive practices appropriate to diverse contemporary creative fields of photographic image cultures and industries.The Expanded Photography MA puts professional skills at the core of your education. As well as developing an independent project with a final exhibition and a professional standard project portfolio or dissertation, your journey will include responding to live briefs, taking part in workshops and building confidence in research and writing.You’ll study the Professional Practice module throughout the duration of your course, which aims to support your progression beyond graduation. The module provides mentorship sessions, career seminars and practical workshops in grants and commissions, alongside other opportunities.

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89th
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123rd
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Yangzi
01 Feb 26

I highly recommend the MA Expanded Photography course at the University of Westminster for its profound impact on my professional career and artistic development. The course has..Read more

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Amy
01 Feb 26

The library is an amazing resource for us, the endless variety of books is really helpful for us to fulfil our reading needs. Our stores for equipment are amazing and the..Read more

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Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second class honours degree (2:1) or a lower second class honours degree (2:2) with relevant experience in related subject areas.

We would like to see two or three photography-based projects from applicants. We suggest that you include your best work, the work of which you are most proud, or through which you learnt most. Please compile all items of your portfolio into a single file (preferably PDF format). We ask that images are fully captioned with date of completion, size and medium used. Your portfolio will be the starting point for our conversation when we meet for your interview. Interviews will be held online on Teams.

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£11,900 per year

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£16,000 per year

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£16,000 per year

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01 Feb 26
Expanded Photography MA
I highly recommend the MA Expanded Photography course at the University of Westminster for its profound impact on my professional career and artistic development. The course has...
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Amy
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Photography - BA (Hons)
The library is an amazing resource for us, the endless variety of books is really helpful for us to fulfil our reading needs. Our stores for equipment are amazing and the...
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University of Westminster, London
University of Westminster, London , LONDON

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University of Westminster, London
Watford Road Northwick Park Roundabout Harrow Greater London HA1 3TP United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Northwick Park  0.2 miles away Nearest train station: Harrow-on-the-Hill  0.3 miles away
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