怀特克利夫学院

Photography and the Media Arts, now more than ever, are essential vehicles for personal expression, collaborative communication, and the delivery of powerful documentary and brand stories.

The Photo Media specialisation places emphasis on contemporary Fine Art Photographic and Moving Image Practice, historical contextual learning, current theoretical concerns, and best practice industry expectations. Students will consider the formal and technical aspects of photography and video as well as the theory and debate surrounding lens-based image-making today.

The programme is underpinned by the delivery of essential skills, techniques, and methodologies to foster students' creative, practical, and contextual development. Students develop this creative potential while gaining an understanding of professional practice applicable to the photographic and wider communications and media industries.

Photo Media students are supported in working on projects that are realised in the form of exhibitions, screenings, and publications.

Graduates of the Photo Media pathway will be well-positioned to embark on dynamic and creative careers. Alumni of the pathway have established their own commercial and fine art practices, assisted professional photographers and worked in galleries and photo labs and for photographic agencies and producers. For those considering further study, the Whitecliffe Bachelor of Fine Arts programme is nationally and internationally recognised as a pathway into postgraduate programmes in New Zealand and internationally.

Why choose Photo Media at Whitecliffe?

Photography and moving image increasingly play a crucial part and ever-changing role in contemporary art practice. Via lens-based arts we engage with fact, fiction, and fantasy - and the place where they intersect.

The Photo Media pathway at Whitecliffe charts this exciting new territory in the related areas of Photography, Fine Art, and New Media.

The programme engages with this expanding definition of lens-based media, with an emphasis on Fine Art Photography, Sound and Moving Image, and the Photobook.

Each year a number of top graduates choose to expand their investigations into further academic research at a postgraduate level.

Jobs related to this programme

Photographer

Producer

Videographer

Cinematographer

Studio Manager

Photographer's Assistant

Art Buyer

Curator

Gallery Assistant

Photo Lab Professional