The Master's programme in Photography offers critical perspectives on photography and new visual media. You will gain the tools to critically reflect on your own work and that of your peers. At the same time, you will explore the world around you – the professional realm of image-makers and the historical roots of the photographic medium. The programme provides enough space and flexibility for you to refine your personal photographic direction and artistic practice.
Our range of programmes in Design and Film is highly diverse. Let yourself be inspired.
The M.A. Photography prepares you for immediate entry into the diverse world of visual arts. This could include working as an independent artistic or commercial photographer, image editor, art buyer or art director. Thanks to the programme’s strong theoretical focus, you’ll also be equipped to pursue a career as a curator for museums and galleries. The international “Master of Arts” degree also opens up opportunities for an academic path, including doctoral and postdoctoral studies.
Supervised by SRH lecturer Harshini Karunaratne and the TimeLab team, our Master's students were able to demonstrate their visual storytelling skills at the ‘Symposium for New Media and Electronic Art’.
The event at the Alte Münze in Berlin gave them an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with Berlin's extensive creative scene.
The artists and art enthusiasts experienced a unique location where they could take part in creative shows, performances and workshops that also made use of innovative technologies.
The Master's degree programme in Photography offers a comprehensive education that focuses on various aspects of photography and its contextualisation. Students complete several modules that include both practical and theoretical components. Key topics include the development of individual photographic practices, methods of image analysis and an examination of the history of photography.
The modules are divided into different phases, starting with basic laboratory courses and integrated practical projects that focus on exploring the medium of photography. Advanced courses deal with specific topics such as photography as an object, printing techniques and interdisciplinary approaches. A particular focus is on the relationship between photography and space and the critical examination of contemporary photographic practices.
In addition to practical projects, theoretical foundations are taught, including media and photographic theory. Students have the opportunity to develop their own projects and present them as part of excursions and practical projects. The programme ends with a Master's colloquium and a Master's thesis, in which students present their research findings and creative work.
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Orientation in the Medium: Photography Lab I, Encountering the Image
6Individual Development: Photography Lab II, Methods of Image Analysis
6Work in Progress: Photography Lab III, Images in Context
6History of Photography
6Site-Specific Learning
6Image and Medium: Printed Matter, Foundations of Media Theory
6Photograph as Object: Photo Book, Advanced Research Methodologies
6Boundaries of the Medium: Photographic Print, Theory of Lens-based Media
6Issues in Contemporary Photography
6Excursion
6Spatial Shift: Spatial Practice, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media
6Photograph and Space: Expanded Photography, Contemporary Media Theory
6Beyond Photography: Spatial Intervention, After Photography
6Critical Perspectives on Photography
6Back to the Future
6Master Colloquium
6Master Thesis
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