Photography BA

Photography BA is crafted to capture the right moment with a photographer's lens, So; those who love taking pictures will find the program both entertaining and informative about the world of Photography.

Overview

Photography can convey facts and fiction; As you will learn how to great visuals using wide-spectrum of digital tools.

Students are going to study:

• The visual formal language of photography, its analogue and digital technical toolset
• To express your thoughts through your work
• Varied techniques and novelties in technology
• Critical approach
• Independence and teamwork
• Knowledge enabling you to join the art World in Hungary and abroad

Structure of the program

• The first year focuses on the deepening of your technical skills, knowledge of tools and software, most of all studio photography, analogue techniques, through the acquisition of thinking through images.
• The second year is about exploring the artistic approach, establishing visual language and knowledge of composition, but most of all about exploring individual creative skills.
• In the third year you can design and implement complex tasks and independent projects in live situations, in cooperation with the actual actors of the creative industry and the art scene.

Specialization

• Artistic Photography
  The artistic photography specialization is identical with the Photography BA. Its description can be read at the BA description.
• Fashion photography
  Fashion photography has been a very popular genre of photography for long since this gives artists the greatest freedom amongst the applied genres.
• Photojournalism
  The main drive of a photojournalist is the analytic worldview, aiming to convey the surrounding world to others, i.e. what can be interesting for others. Their task is to call the attention to important questions. If you are interested in the reporting of events and creation of visual stories, this is your specialization.

Specializations are launched only if the sufficient number of students wish to join the specialization.

Career opportunities

• Photographer in various specialized fields of photography and visual media
• Independent artist and/or private entrepreneur
• In editorial offices
• Photojournalist
• Fashion journalist

Qualification
Photographer-designer

Main Topics

Photographic design (creative, conceptual, portrayal, documentary, experimental, press and fashion), creative design, studio practice, history of photography, photographic techniques, artistic interpretation, studies in philosophy, contemporary visual communication, media studies, reportage genres