Mark Denton, MA Photography student, exhibits in group show in London

Mark Denton exhibits work from his series 'The space between us' which he's been working on during year 1 of the MA in Photography at TVU. Read Mark's blog here: badbean.com

PAINT IT WHITE
The Shoreditch Group of London Independent Photography takes over the wallspace at the Red Lion for its first joint exhibition.

August 10 - September 20 2009
Opening night: August 13 from 7pm (all welcome!)
Red Lion Free House
41 Hoxton Street (at Mundy St)
London N1 6NH
Nearest tube: Old Street

MA Photographt student, Nishant Shukla exhibits at The Photographers Gallery

Nishant Shukla, part time student on the MA in Photography at TVU London, exhibits his project 'Himsagar Express' at The Photographers Gallery in freshfacedandwildeyed09.

“This series of prints by Nishant Shukla are portraits of travellers on the Himsagar Express – a three-day journey from the foothills of the Himalayas to Kanyakumari on the southern tip of India. The frontality of these images presents an honest exchange of views mediated by the camera. Nothing is hidden and there seems to be a mutual trust which dignifies the subject. There is in this work a studied avoidance of the sentimental or repressive gaze. Shukla modernises colonialist photography and invests it with a sympathetic and quiet restraint. The idea of a shared journey is what these pictures convey.” Peter Smith, 2009

freshfacedandwildeyed09 is the second in The Photographers Gallery annual exhibition open to recent graduates, featuring some of the most dynamic new photography from across the UK.

The chosen artists are exhibiting both online and at The Photographers' Gallery between 24 June - 05 July 09.

MA Photography In[side] show

View video of our latest MA show, In[side] at 3 Bedfordbury Gallery in Covent Garden, March 2009.
Exhibition by Angela Chan, Anna Gburczyk and Judith Dahmen.

Gianni Forte MA Photography student at TVU featured in RPS magazine

Zememnesh Campbell MA Photography student at TVU featured in Litebook magazine

Photography MA opens West End show

Three students from the MA Photography, Anna Gburczyk, Angela Chan and Judith Dahmen got together and organised a show of their final project in a West End Gallery. The students presented sophisticated and beautifully produced work at an appropriate level for a commercial gallery, production level that indicates their readiness to seriously participate in the commercial Photographic art scene. The show opened last night (10th of March) at 3 Bedfordbury Gallery just off St. Martin's Lane and was very well attended with many TVU staff members and MA and BA Photography students joining in the celebrations. The show will run throughout this week to the 14th. The FOTA Dean Rosy Crehan and the Head of Media Angela Devas visited and were both highly impressed.




The MA Photography is a serious academic programme that is designed to enable students to become practicing photographic artists and the work students produce by the end of the course is suitable for gallery presentation. Throughout the course, students are guided to develop a personal fine art photography practice and develop skills that allow them to produce high quality photographic work that fits successfully within the fine art / gallery world.
The show at the 3 Bedfordbury Gallery is a presentation of the culmination of one year full time or two years part time studies and the students initiate and organise the show independently. By organising the show the students gain their first access into the fine art gallery world and this experience serves them well in organising and putting up shows in their future career. Not all students chose to exhibit their final project in a gallery but they are certainly encouraged and given a lot of guidance on how to approach galleries and put a show together. Throughout the course students are expected to present their work on a wall for assessment of the different stages of the course. By the time the students produce their final project, exhibiting becomes a natural way of culminating a project.
The MA Photography takes students from a diverse range of backgrounds and a first degree in photography is not essential. In selecting the students for the course the course team looks for visual art potential, creative and unusual visual ideas and a good eye as well as an aptitude for academic study and an open, inquisitive mind.
The new programme head, Eti Wade is looking to further develop the course and to give future students a challenging experience that will allow them to achieve professional photographic practical skills, creative and aesthetic abilities to enable them to access both a fine art photographic path and commercial photographic opportunities.
Anglea Chan’s who is one of the exhibition students has also recently had her work selected for the Renaissance International Photography Competition. The winning entry will be announced later this month.

Graduating students web sites:
Anna Gburczyk
Angela Chan
Judith Dahmen

MA Photography at TVU further details
MA Photography show report on the TVU website

MA Photography at TVU London

The Photography MA offers students a framework in which they will develop a critically engaged and creative practice as artists specialising in photography. The course enables students to develop their own personal visual art practice using cutting edge technology and advanced production facilities. Working in small groups and receiving frequent opportunities for personal tuition students enhance and develop their creative vision, develop advanced technical skills and produce a substantial photographic portfolio with a view to becoming part of the contemporary photographic market.

The course combines exciting theory classes with dynamic and conceptually engaged photographic production forums, a combination that infuses students’ work with conceptual and critical depth as well as aesthetic and formal photographic qualities.

The course facilitates the emergence of a community of photographic practitioners, sharing visual and conceptual practice, informing and supporting personal creative development.

Students from a photographic background will be personally guided to advance their practice and explore challenging and exciting new directions for their work to develop in. The course is also appropriate to suitably qualified students from other creative disciplines that will be given ample support and guidance to become creative and informed image-makers. Personal skills assessments will be followed with advice and guidance on technical tuition.

Course content
Students will study the following modules:
ß Visual Articulation
ß Critical Issues in Photographic Practices
ß Visual Dissemination
ß Contemporary Issues in Photography

Additional practical workshops are also offered. These are designed for students with lower technical experience and those wishing to advance digital and traditional photographic skills.

The technical, conceptual and theoretical studies and production throughout the academic year culminates in the independent production of a mature industry standard photographic project designed for gallery exhibition or book publication. Students receive personal tuition from experienced photographic practitioners facilitating the development and completion of the final project. Students can choose to undertake an extended dissertation, instead of a project, in a photography related topic.