Photography

Specification

Entry Requirements

Grade 6 or better in GCSE Art or Graphics or evidence of photographic skill in a portfolio.

Course Content

Students will produce practical and critical/contextual work in one or more areas including portraiture, landscape photography, still-life photography, documentary photography, photo-journalism & experimental imagery.

Areas of study include: history of photography (equipment, materials, photographers and photographic movements), general photographic theory, darkroom skills for black and white photography, digital photography, using Photoshop and photographic contextual studies.

Units

Unit 1: Coursework: a portfolio of developmental work

Unit 2: Controlled assignment

Unit 3: Personal investigation - a major assignment, supported by developmental work and visual and other recordings of and responses to different artists’ work by theme, style or time period

Unit 4: Controlled assessment

Progression Routes

• A higher education course in photography, media or art and design.

• A career in one of these areas.