Photography

Course summary

A Level Photography course complements Art and Design subjects offered at GCSE. It is not essential, but would be beneficial to have studied one of the following subjects at GCSE: Fine Art, Graphics, or Textiles. Students will produce practical and critical/contextual work in one or more areas of study, for example: Portraiture, Landscape Photography, Still Life, Documentary Photography, Photojournalism, Fashion Photography, Experimental Imagery, Multimedia, Photographic Installation and Moving Image in Film and Animation. The two year course will comprise of a personal investigation, which will include written material around the student’s Art work and chosen line of enquiry. This will include a structured, extended response of between 1000 and 3000 words of continuous prose. Each student’s investigation will be an in-depth study that demonstrates the student’s ability to construct and develop a sustained line of reasoning from an initial starting point to a final realisation. There is also an externally set practical assignment including a development period from the 1st February plus a 15 hour supervised assignment.