MA Photography

Studying on our MA Photography course means you’ll have access to state-of-the-art facilities and industry-standard equipment. Our studios and resources support all photography practices from analogue through to high-end digital production.

Our photography department is equipped to the highest professional level – there are seven studios and numerous location kits of with Profoto and Broncolor lighting equipment.

The digital camera equipment includes Hasselblad, Phase One and Fuji GFX as well as numerous high-end 35 mm-based DSLRs including Nikon, Canon and Sony. There's a dedicated retouching suite equipped with top end Apple computers all with the latest versions of Adobe Creative Suite software.

We have digital printing in the digital suites to A2 and in addition a 40-inch-wide large format inkjet printer, plus an amazing Chromira printing system that prints digital files onto C-type light sensitive colour paper. This printer is the same type as several of the top London professional photographic laboratories. In addition to all the digital equipment, we have a comprehensive set of analogue facilities.

There are two large black-and-white darkrooms, one wet and one dry, plus C-type darkroom printing and high-end scanning available. In addition to the state-of-the-art digital equipment, we have numerous film cameras of many types including Hasselblad, Mamiya, Sinar, Toyo and even a 10×8 camera.