Photography

Our Photography courses offer a wide range of photographic media featuring traditional film and darkroom techniques and state of the art digital technologies. A strong emphasis is placed on acquiring professional skills to establish a successful creative art practice.

Our curriculum encourages students to investigate contemporary trends while being informed by the inextricable historic links of the medium to modernity. Exploring topics such as the photograph as evidence, document, memorial, snapshot, and advertisement. Students develop work through critical inquiry and explorations of constantly evolving lens-based field.

Beginning courses build foundational skills, while advanced students engage in proposal-based creative projects that establish concept development, research methodology, and exhibition approaches.

MSU Denver’s strong ties to the professional art community and close proximity to galleries, museums, and other art institutions cultivate students experience in the field. To gain practical experience in the field, students’ are encouraged to participate in internships through the Applied Learning Center, which matches students’ skills and training to employers within the community.

Facilities

6500 square foot Photography facilities are located within the main Arts Building.

We have several large traditional wet process labs, individual color darkrooms, alternative process labs, and a state of the art digital photography facility. Our digital facility features 14 i Mac workstations, 14 Canon large format printers, Epson scanners and, an Imacon large format film scanner. All traditional labs are well ventilated and are equipped with medium and large format Saunders enlargers. A ‘Hope’ 32″ color processor serves traditional color printing.