Fashion Photography with Professional Placement

Guided by internationally published lecturers and renowned industry collaborators, you’ll become a daring, contemporary fashion image maker on our Fashion Photography course. Exploring ideas around identity, body politics, wellbeing and the environment, you’ll learn to weave impactful visual stories using a range of photographic and film approaches, as well as experimenting with immersive technologies.

Great fashion images are never made in isolation. So, you'll work closely with talent from across the creative industries. Throughout this Fashion Photography course, you'll collaborate with fashion designers, art directors, stylists, marketers and even game developers to build a visually arresting portfolio to take into industry.

Why study this course at Falmouth?
Our guest speaker programme is next level. You’ll hear from world-leading practitioners, which have previously included Ben Weller (Photographer, British Vogue), Danny Reed (Fashion Director, The Face), Ewen Spencer (Photographer, Arena Homme+) and Mathew Whitehouse (Editor, The Face magazine)
You’ll pitch your projects to industry experts and work on live briefs set by renowned industry contributors. Students have previously worked with Amy Gwatkin (Filmmaker/Photographer), Kyanisha Morgan (Fashion Stylist, Dazed Magazine) and Matthew Holroyd (Editor, Baron Magazine)
Published by the likes of Acne Studios, Beauty Papers, i-D, Re-Edition, The Face and Vogue Hommes, staff have decades of commercial expertise and the contacts that go with it
We’ll support you to explore both traditional and emerging approaches to image-making as you experiment with analogue photography, 3D modelling, VR, photogrammetry and more

Throughout this Fashion Photography course, you’ll harness critical theory, creativity and technology to become a skilled, confident and original image maker. Working across film, photography and immersive technologies, you'll explore studio and location practices, high-end retouching, specialist editing techniques and fashion film. From catwalks to street style, we'll cover all areas of fashion. You'll learn about advertising campaigns, produce fashion imagery for clients, and create web-based work, fashion fanzines and designer lookbooks.

Year one
Working with key themes surrounding fashion photography, you’ll gain the skills and contextual knowledge needed to start making strong, competent productions. You'll develop the foundations for research methodologies, collaborative practices and professional etiquette, working towards an ethical practice. You’ll also begin to build your fashion networks and community through specific modules with fashion stylists.

Modules
Subcultures and Styles
Handbook to Industry
The Body and Ethics
The Edit

Year two
In the second year, you’ll be supported to confidently produce complex and extended photographic projects that are backed by critical theory and intellectual enquiry. Through visual practice modules, you’ll engage in alternative forms of image making that test and blur the traditional limits of fashion photography and filmmaking. You'll also start developing the professional skills you’ll need to build a successful career in the creative industries – including collaboration and exploring the relevant distribution channels for your practice.

Modules
Fashion Film
The Commercial Image
Theories
Fashion Image

Year three
You’ll be responsible for finding your own placement, with support from the employability team. Choosing this option will enhance your industry experience and skills while studying.

How you’ll study during your professional placement
You’ll spend time working in a professional context, as part of a business or organisation. This can be in one role, or up to three, and must be for a minimum of 24 weeks.

You’ll develop in-demand workplace skills, deepen your insight into industry and grow your network of contacts, all of which could help you get ahead in your career after graduation.

Throughout this year, you’ll develop a portfolio of work that includes critical self-reflection on what has been learned from the experience. You’ll be required to evidence your experiences, the skills you’ve learned and your professional growth.

Year four
The final year of the Fashion Photography course is all about preparing for your transition from student to industry professional. Working towards the submission of a dissertation (or equivalent) and Final Major Project, you’ll further develop your unique vision as you work with selected global clients on professional briefs, building relationships with casting directors, location scouts, stylists, and creative directors.

Modules
The Client Brief
Investigations
Final Major Project
Professional Futures, Industry Ambitions

We regularly review course and module content to ensure our students receive a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be changes made to the curriculum which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Optional modules may be updated to maintain the best experience. Any students or applicants affected will be informed of approved changes directly.

Continuous assessment of visual, verbal and written assignments.
Portfolio submissions, support work and online presence.
Final-year portfolio.