BA (Hons) Fashion with Photography (Full Time)

Developing photography skills that are tailored to the fashion industry's needs, will give you the edge when you graduate.

Course overview

This highly creative course allows you to focus on fashion whilst being able to develop industry-relevant skills that will enable you to work in a variety of roles, including photographer, stylist or art director.

You will hone your IT, layout and design skills, using In Design, Illustrator and Photoshop. You will develop an awareness of fashion and photographic industry practice and will explore the processes involved in image production, from generation of concepts through to the presentation of final ideas. Teaching will also include fashion marketing, design theory and professional communication.

You will be taught by practicing photographers and stylists, with a wealth of experience in the fields of advertising, editorial and fashion catwalk photography. The development of practical and creative skills will be underpinned with study of fashion and photography theory, encouraging students to explore the social, political and historical factors that have informed innovative fashion image-making.

Working regularly in photography studios with professional lighting, cameras and backdrops, you will get the opportunity to work with industry-standard photographic equipment. 

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Industrial focus

The focus of all Solent Fashion courses is on employability, encouraging students to take part in work experience and live projects, in conjunction with industry partners. 

Course content

Year 1

 Five core units covering the following areas:

• Fashion illustration
• Visual presentation
• Design development
• Fashion industry practice
• History of fashion
• Current photographic styles
• Fashion styling
• Digital photography techniques and IT skills. 

Year 2

Five core units put your skills into a fashion market context and cover:

• Project briefs
• Representation and promotion of the product focusing on the customer profile/market context
• Industrial and professional networking
• Work Experience. 

Year 3

Independent projects include:

• Final project and dissertation
• Competitions and involvement with Graduate Fashion Week
• Local fashion show. 

Why choose this course?

• A specialist course that is highly regarded in the fashion industry.
• To enhance your employability the course offers a realistic insight into the fashion industry.
• Students from all Solent's fashion courses gain awareness of professional practice, collaborating on creative projects.
• Strong industry and alumni links enhance employment opportunities for new graduates.
• Industry-standard studios and equipment.

Assessment

Projects, presentations, group projects and critiques, final-year project and dissertation.

Key career skills

Creative thinking, presentation, project management, communication and problem solving. 

Projects/work experience

Past work experience placements have included a variety of PR, styling and design roles at organisations such as Agent Provocateur, Show Studio, FHM Magazine and the Daily Mail fashion desk. Formal fashion industry work-based learning option in the final year.

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Partner Affiliation Network

The Partner Affiliation Network is a group of companies aligned to each course area in the School of Design with the purpose of supporting a range of activities to help students engage with employers and gain relevant industrial experience. This is achieved through live project work, design competitions, work placements and guest speaker programmes.

All students studying on this course programme will have the opportunity to work with industry.

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