This module offers you the opportunity to consolidate the skills, knowledge and insights acquired in the course to date and to decide upon an area of photographic practice that interests or concerns you and which may provide a sense of direction for your final year. Having nominated an area of interest you will carry out background research, investigating the feasibility of your plans, in terms of, for instance, access to particular locations or people, availability of specialist resources, or the costs involved in the production of your idea. You will negotiate your thoughts and plans with your tutors and will produce an individual proposal for a project with a clear outcome, including risk assessment, a detailed costing and an outline of anticipated difficulties and planned solutions. You will, as a member of a team be involved in some planning, preparation, and publicity for a public exhibition of work.

As well as considering your personal responses to photographic practice this module aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills you will need in order to be able to enter and survive in the professionally environment of photography and/or allied creative industries. Through lectures and seminars, you will learn and engage with a range of appropriate professional and business practices. This information in addition to making professional contacts will be consolidated and used in a Professional Report.

You will present for assessment two pieces of work, which will include:
1. A professionally produced body of personal work made for public exhibition with a word-processed reflective and evaluative document on the group exhibition.
(Learning Outcomes 2,3,4,5

2. An oral presentation on an aspect of the Creative Industries.
(Learning Outcomes 1,6)


Please refer to the Award Handbook for a full description and rationale for assessment methods.

Scheduled Learning Activities
Lectures
Seminars (Feedback)
Group Production Meetings
Group Discussion (Feedback)
Oral Presentation (Feedback)
The Guest Speaker Programme
Technical Skills Modulettes (as appropriate)

Guided Independent Study
Independent Photographic Practise and Visual Experimentation
Independent Reading and Research

1. DEVELOP APPROPRIATE INFORMATION IN RELATIONSHIP TO A SPECIFIC AREA THAT UTILISES PHOTOGRAPHY INTO A WELL-INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION. Enquiry

2. CONTRIBUTE EFFECTIVELY IN THE ORGANISATION OF A GROUP EXHIBITION. Working With Others

3. DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN A CRITICAL AND REFLECTIVE ATTITUDE TO YOUR OWN WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS. Reflection

4. DEMONSTRATE THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE RISKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES. Problem Solving

5. PRODUCE EFFECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROFESSIONALLY MADE FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION. Visual Analysis

6. CARRY OUT PRIMARY RESEARCH BY CONTACTING RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ORGANISATIONS. Knowledge & Understanding

Specialist photographic equipment
Specialist studio, digital and darkroom facilities
Lecture theatre and tutorial rooms
Lynda.com
Thompson Library
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant.
Word-processing facilities
Internet access

The texts below are for general guidance only, students should determine their own reading list appropriate to their personal approaches to photographic work, with tutor guidance. Students are expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University, keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate books and periodicals and be aware of the work of relevant practitioners both historical and contemporary in their chosen field.

Photographic Texts:
Campany. David. (2012), Art and Photography. Phaidon Press. Campany, D. (2020). On Photographs. Mitpress. Margaret Iversen. (2010). Chance. Whitechapel:Documents of Contemporary Art, Mitpress.
Wright, T. (2004). The Photography Handbook. Routledge
Professional/Industry Texts
AOP (2003). Beyond the Lens: Rights, Ethics and Business Practice in Professional Photography. Association of Photographers.

Specialist Periodicals in Library:
AG, American Photo, Aperture, British Journal of Photography (BJP), Camera Austria, Creative Review, Domus: Architecture, Design, Art, Communication, Ei8ht (Foto8), Exposure, f2 Freelance Photographer, Image (AOP Magazine), Next Level, Photographer (BIPP Magazine), Photoworks, Portfolio (Back issues only no longer published), Selvedge, World of Interiors.

This module offers you the opportunity to consolidate the skills, knowledge and insights acquired in the course to date and to decide upon an area of photographic practice that interests or concerns you and which may provide a sense of direction for your final year. Having nominated an area of interest you will carry out background research, investigating the feasibility of your plans, in terms of, for instance, access to particular locations or people, availability of specialist resources, or the costs involved in the production of your idea. You will negotiate your thoughts and plans with your tutors and will produce an individual proposal for a project with a clear outcome, including risk assessment, a detailed costing and an outline of anticipated difficulties and planned solutions. You will, as a member of a team be involved in some planning, preparation, and publicity for a public exhibition of work.

As well as considering your personal responses to photographic practice this module aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills you will need in order to be able to enter and survive in the professionally environment of photography and/or allied creative industries. Through lectures and seminars, you will learn and engage with a range of appropriate professional and business practices. This information in addition to making professional contacts will be consolidated and used in a Professional Report.