MA Socially Engaged Photography Practice with University of Salford

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Open Eye Gallery is delivering a new MA programme with University of Salford: Socially Engaged Photography Practice with Community Experience.

Photography has become the most pervasive medium through which individuals share their lives on a daily basis. This new programme explores the power of photography when working with real communities to co-author meaningful culture.

The course will give students support in producing creative projects with both arts and non-arts commissioners in mind, exploring how to create socially engaged art that is meaningful to both audiences and participants. Students will develop and deliver live projects with partners working in health, youth, community and justice, all embedded within a critically engaged and ethical framework. You will work with active practitioners and academics to rethink the role of photography in society today, to develop your creative practice and your professional profile.

We will provide professional practice surgeries, from understanding legal, ethical and safeguarding frameworks, to developing your professional profile, the latter including a free year-long membership and digital profile awarded by partner Axisweb.

You will have opportunities to engage directly with national debates and Open Eye Gallery’s national network for socially engaged photographic practice.

Apply here, or download the course brief below.


 

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