Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Photography will be an exploration of practical and critical/contextual work. You will be shown the expressive potential of cameras, editing, developing and printing in the darkroom, film, exposure, shutter speed and aperture. By studying A-Level Photography, you can develop and express your creativity and ideas. The course sees photography as an exciting art form through which we can communicate our observations about our visual world. The act of seeing intelligently and sensitively is a key concept on this course. By the end of the course, you will have produced a portfolio of work through the creation of photographs, digital presentations and written work: you will produce a 1,000 – 3,000 word thematic essay explaining the context in which your practical portfolio exists.