This module investigates what photographic practices are being accepted in the fine art market, it will identify both key contemporary practitioners/artists and dominant pictorial themes such as identity, re-enactment, deadpan, narrative and the banal. You will be encouraged to produce an individual creative solution to the practical brief producing a set of photographic prints which are informed by conceptual and theoretical debates.

A portfolio of finished images Problem solving [Learning Outcome 1]
A pictorial workbook evidencing research and picture making strategies enquiry and a written artist statement contextualising your own practice Communication [Learning Outcomes 2,3]

Lectures
Supervised workshops
Seminars
Group tutorials
Independent practice and experimentation
Independent reading and research
Technical skills, modulettes as appropriate

Specialist workshop facilities, as appropriate
Library
Word-processing facilities
Internet access

Cotton, Charlotte, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Themes & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-20380-6
Bright, Susan, Art Photography Now, Thames & Hudson, 2005, ISBN 0-500-28641-8
Demos, TJ, Ed Vitamin Ph New Perspectives in Photography, Phaidon, 2006, ISBN 0-7148-4656-2
Campany, David, Art and Photography (Themes and Movements), Phaidon