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As you probably guessed, I can't decide on what universities to apply for, so any help here would be greatly appreciated.
So far I've looked at:
University College Falmouth - looks great, good set-up, good lecturers, good place, students' work each year is all very different. Seems like they let you develop your own style more than a lot of places, but it's as far away as I could possibly get from Glasgow without leaving the UK. Fees aren't a massive issue.
Edinburgh Napier - Heard some good things, but went to visit & it looked horrible. The photography dept. is down in the basement. It's as if they're embarrassed about it. Don't know much about the quality of teaching & career direction as they didn't talk much about it. Plus side is that the course is photography AND film.
Glasgow School of Art (fine art photography) - I know a few people that studied there & have warned me against it. Too arty farty for me anyway.
GSA (Vis. Comm.) - Not sure what to think about it, photography there looks good, more my kind of style. Not sure how photo-orientated it is though. Plus, it's close to home so that's a bonus.
Edinburgh College of Art - Doesn't seem to have much direction in terms if types of photography. The students' work all looks quite similar as well.
I'm interested in every aspect of photography (keep all options open & all that), but my main thing is definitely street photography, documentary & reportage. General un-posed photo essay stuff.
Any advice/opinions/words would be greatly appreciated as this has been killing me for the last few weeks.
Cheers,
-J
So far I've looked at:
University College Falmouth - looks great, good set-up, good lecturers, good place, students' work each year is all very different. Seems like they let you develop your own style more than a lot of places, but it's as far away as I could possibly get from Glasgow without leaving the UK. Fees aren't a massive issue.
Edinburgh Napier - Heard some good things, but went to visit & it looked horrible. The photography dept. is down in the basement. It's as if they're embarrassed about it. Don't know much about the quality of teaching & career direction as they didn't talk much about it. Plus side is that the course is photography AND film.
Glasgow School of Art (fine art photography) - I know a few people that studied there & have warned me against it. Too arty farty for me anyway.
GSA (Vis. Comm.) - Not sure what to think about it, photography there looks good, more my kind of style. Not sure how photo-orientated it is though. Plus, it's close to home so that's a bonus.
Edinburgh College of Art - Doesn't seem to have much direction in terms if types of photography. The students' work all looks quite similar as well.
I'm interested in every aspect of photography (keep all options open & all that), but my main thing is definitely street photography, documentary & reportage. General un-posed photo essay stuff.
Any advice/opinions/words would be greatly appreciated as this has been killing me for the last few weeks.
Cheers,
-J