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Anne Massoni \ amassoni@uarts.edu \ 215.717.6303
Program Director

Description

Students in the Photography program demonstrate the ability to use the department’s full range of media tools and resources to create their own artistic vision. Students develop confidence and a unique artistic voice through the acquisition and mastery of technique, combined with the understanding and application of aesthetic analysis. Students develop their ability to formulate and successfully communicate their understanding of contemporary photographic practice, employing different modes of expression including writing as well as oral discussions through classroom critiques and dialogue. Additionally, students demonstrate critical thinking skills and the ability to understand and adapt to constantly changing aesthetic and technical environments. The program is designed to provide practical professional training balanced with a fine-art aesthetic. Through our choice of visiting lecturers, gallery exhibitions, visiting artists, internships, diversity of faculty, and significant engagement and outreach with the professional, fine art, and photo education community, we offer a rich and diversified educational experience.

Program Objectives

• Students demonstrate independent, creative problem solving and original thinking through the development of a distinct and personal approach to art making informed by contemporary issues and historical precedents.
• Students demonstrate critical and conceptual development through research and analysis, applying readings, theories and methodologies toward the production of critically informed artworks.
• Students will be prepared to enter an array of photographic professions from fine art to commercial photography, including entrepreneurship and further study at the graduate level.
• Students will participate in community outreach programs and internships, working hand-in-hand with participating populations.
• Students effectively communicate, orally and in writing, the thoughts behind their choices and decisions concerning content and strategies.
• Students demonstrate proficiency in film, alternative, and digital photo practices.
• Students demonstrate proficiency in photo industry standard equipment, tools, and software.
• Students have a thorough understanding of technique and a deep familiarity with materials and process.
• Students, combining an artistic eye with extensive technical know-how, capture and connect with our world through photographic images.
• Students demonstrate knowledge in the history of their discipline and an understanding of how their work relates to that history.
• Students demonstrate an engagement with art ideas that spring from multiple creative practices that are artistic, cultural, scientific, industrial, and technological in focus.

Program Requirements (126 credits)