ACADEMIC COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
The Photography major of LABA in Florence is designed according to the Ministry’s new academic system (3+2). At the end of the first three years of studies, the student receives the ‘Diploma Accademico di 1° Livello’ (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree).
The course prepares the students to work in the Photography industry with skills ranging from working as freelance photographer to directing photography.
It addresses the various aspects of all-round Photography, thereby ranging from post-production to editing, from video-making to the application of traditional photography techniques, reportage, show business, landscape, fashion, industrial and still-life photography, as well as the digital design aspects across the entire Adobe package.
USEFUL INFORMATION
ENROLMENT: Open
BEGINS: October 2023
DURATION: 3 years
QUALIFICATION: First level degree
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 15
LANGUAGE: Italian
WHAT WILL I LEARN BY ATTENTING THE LABA PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE?
The LABA course in Photography lasts three years.
Each student receives state of the art tools for learning the profession in all of the career paths involving photography: reportage, show business, landscape, fashion, industrial and still-life.
1° Year
- History of modern art
- THEORY AND METHOD OF MASS MEDIA
- Photography 1
- Digital photography 1
- History of photography
- Basic computer science
- History of cinematography and of video making
- Digital image processing
2° Year
- History of contemporary art
- Digital technologies and applications
- SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION
- Photography 2
- Digital photography 2
- Digital video
- Philosophy of art
- English
3° Year
- Photography 3
- Digital photography 3
- Photographic documentation
- Photography for the cultural heritage
- Photography directing
- PHENOMENOLOGY IN THE MEDIA
- Cultural marketing fundamentals
- TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDENT’S CHOICE (WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, INTERNSHIPS)
- FINAL EXAMINATION
PHOTOGRAPHY
WHICH CAREERS CAN I ASPIRE TO WITH A DEGREE IN PHOTOGRAPHY?
By attending the LABA Photography course (Diploma accademico di 1° livello – 1st level academic diploma), you will achieve access to many different careers in many different sectors, such as freelancing, photography directing and art director.
The educational program by LABA, in fact, allows its students to acquire skills that are easily marketable in the labour market.
The LABA Photography course creates professional figures capable of securing jobs such as:
