Photography

By majoring in Photography, you gain skills to develop, edit, and sequence an exhibition quality self-directed body of work that articulates ideas within both historical and contemporary contexts.

Each semester, students participate in courses balanced between traditional and contemporary processes. For example, Spring semester students may have dedicated time in the digital lab working on large scale digital prints while simultaneously learning, hands on, the historical evolution of the medium with a course designed to use historical processes of Wet-Plate, Kallitypes, Platinum & Palladium, and full color Gum Bichromate printing, etc. This intentional juxtaposition in coursework helps broaden your understanding of the artform while empowering you with the highest level of contemporary technique.

You will not need to own a camera while majoring in photography. During your study, you can check-out an assortment of full frame, mirrorless, medium format and all film formats: 35mm, 120mm, and large format film cameras. Our digital output lab includes a range of wide format Epson printers, 27” calibrated monitors and 18 Mac studio computers, and flatbed and tray-fed film scanners. Our two well ventilated darkrooms with a total of 28 enlarger stations allow students to explore any variation of black and white film process or camera format known. The department’s lighting studio will allow you to safely hone your skills with all of our different lighting systems and light modifiers.

Life After Graduation

Part of what makes this College so special is our scale, which helps ensure every student has ample access to the tools, facilities, and teachers. Paths vary based on the interests of our students as they finish up the program. Some become exhibiting artists and join the gallery/museum world, while others find work as commercial photographers, editors, or filmmakers. Others still have gone on to continue honing their art at graduate school. Internships and paid photography opportunities are available even before graduation through Artists at Work.