RPS members are eligible for £1000 discount on fees for Photography MA (Online) for programmes starting in May or September 2025.
Push your practice in bold and experimental directions on Falmouth’s online photography master’s course. Supported by award-winning lecturers and working with diverse peers from across the globe, you will enhance your critical thinking and learn how to make photographic work that explores and communicates challenging themes and ideas.
With a strong focus on professional skills, ethics and sustainable development, you will refine your creative voice and learn how to engage with new audiences and markets.
By the time you graduate, you’ll be comfortable embracing new methodologies, and be equipped with the skills to take your photographic practice to the highest levels of the creative industries and beyond.
Why study this course at Falmouth?
- Join Falmouth’s renowned Institute of Photography from your own location on an established course designed specifically for online study
- Collaborate on industry-standard briefs with a global community of creative practitioners
- Develop skills required to excel professionally, along with the research abilities and theoretical approaches to underpin your work
- Expand your learning and your professional network at our optional in-person events
Start dates: May 2025 and September 2025.
*Terms and conditions apply. Get in touch with Falmouth University for more details.
Case Study: Mick Yates ‘Unfinished Stories’
Well, whilst I came into the course with a very clear idea of the outcomes - work which told the previously untold personal stories of our Cambodian friends who survived the Khmer Rouge Genocide, executed in an exhibition and a book - the way the work was developed changed markedly. I originally thought it was as simple as portrait work accompanying the stories.
Instead, it turned out to be an exploration of the depiction of Genocide well after the time it happened, and a study of the ethics of photography as appropriate to visualising such intense, personal stories. It also became a full-on multi-media exercise, with photography, sound and video recordings.
Stepping back, the MA also gave me a serious grounding in both the history of photography, and the issues that arise from it from the viewpoint of photographer, viewer and curator. It eventually gave me the confidence to co-found a new festival of photography, Photo|Frome, with which Jesse [Photography MA Course Leader] is intimately involved.
Mick’s project ‘Unfinished Stories’ formed the centrepiece of his MA Photography (Online) in 2018
Check out his digital portfolio at https://www.mickyatesphotography.com/