MA Photography and Digital Practice (Online)
University of the Arts London
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MA Photography and Digital Practice (Online) empowers you to reframe the lens of digital photography and engage with the forces reshaping image-making today.Youll explore photographys transformation through digital production methods, new imaging technologies, and networked forms of distribution, while experimenting with photographic and digital tools. Alongside practice, youll critically reflect on your creative process and consider how your ideas meaningfully engage with your ...Read more

MA Photography and Digital Practice (Online) empowers you to reframe the lens of digital photography and engage with the forces reshaping image-making today.You'll explore photography's transformation through digital production methods, new imaging technologies, and networked forms of distribution, while experimenting with photographic and digital tools. Alongside practice, you'll critically reflect on your creative process and consider how your ideas meaningfully engage with your audience.Discover how technologies such as AI-generated imaging, 3D imaging processes, augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) experiences are transforming the way stories are told and photography is understood. Through conceptual exploration and hands-on experimentation, you’ll build creative ways of thinking and work with emerging tools while questioning their impact on culture, society, and the environment.Drawing on London College of Communication’s expertise in Design, Media and Screen, you’ll learn from industry-leading academics and practitioners active in photography, digital media, and visual culture. You'll be part of a diverse, global online community and emerging industry practices. Your learning will be grounded in UAL’s commitments to climate, social, and racial justice, equipping you to address problems such as platform bias, dataset ethics, automation, and the environmental impact of computational imaging in photography and digital practices.Driven by your unique interests, you’ll bring your ideas to life through a distinctive portfolio that reflects your creative voice, develop the expertise to innovate in a fast-evolving landscape, and gain the confidence to shape whatever photography becomes next.

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22 Mar 21

Because of Covid, this year has been a little disjointed. Although my course is online, it’s been difficult to work in the conditions and mentally it is challenging. We have not..Read more

Entry requirements

An honours degree in Photography, or in a related practice-based visual discipline (e.g. Film, Fine Art, Art Direction, Computational Arts, or a similar subject) at the same level

or equivalent qualifications and professional experience.

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University of the Arts London
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