Photography & Urban Cultures MA – (M.A.)

It is designed to encourage a creative interplay between practice and theory: you will have the chance to consider cutting-edge debates in cultural and social theory in a research setting that actively encourages the development of photographic practice. The programme offers working photographers, visual artists and media practitioners space to reflect critically on their practice. It also offers those with a background in sociology, urban and cultural geography, cultural studies or anthropology the opportunity to combine visual forms of representation with standard forms of research techniques in investigating urban life and the physical environments of the city.

Three core courses will: introduce you to contemporary examples of photographic practice and city life; cover a selection of the key and historic texts of social theory, which consider cities, spatiality and urban form; provide a historical overview of the different attempts at mapping and documenting urban life in London. You also choose two options from a range of courses available, and you write a dissertation that reflects critically on a portfolio of work you will provide in an end-of-year show.