BFA Photography and Video
Opportunities abound in our program, which empowers students to make and speak about photographs and videos with authority, agency, and success. Our forward-thinking curriculum ensures that students can decipher and critique how still and moving images have operated for the last two centuries, how they function today, and how they will work in the years to come. That knowledge, paired with rigorous technical training utilizing our undergraduate facilities and equipment hub, prepares students to make original work with meaning and purpose.
From the first day of classes, students will be connected to our network of professionals—their teachers and mentors—including active photographers, video artists, art dealers, critics, curators, publishers, and photo editors. Our faculty instructs students using their experiences exhibiting and working at major art galleries and video production companies; shooting for the the best brands and fashion houses; and being connected to major institutions, corporations, and publications. We help every one of our students form strong connections at school and in the professional world, where they will ultimately apply their valuable skills at the job of their choice upon graduation.
Our faculty and mentors hail from the world's most renowned organizations, including:
HBO
MTV Networks
Ralph Lauren
Apple
Facebook
Spotify
The United Nations
Condé Nast
Magnum
The Wall Street Journal
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Mentors Program
Theses Projects
Theses Project Details
Our Annual Mentors Program pairs every graduating Senior with a mentor from our global network, who provides the student with detailed feedback on the thesis project as they prepare for our annual Thesis Mentors Exhibition in our Chelsea Galley. Recent mentors– artists, curators, photo editors, art directors, gallery directors, and leaders from preeminent art institutions– or organizations from which they hail have included:
Richard Billingham
The Photographers' Gallery in London
George Eastman Museum
New York Magazine
Esquire
Queens Museum
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Alex Prager
FOAM Gallery
Klompching Gallery
Cottage Eight Films
The New Yorker
The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of the City of New York
The Guggenheim Museum
The New York Times
Aperture
Lyle Ashton Harris
Justine Kurland
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Jack Pierson
Charlotte Cotton
Carmen Winant
Brooklyn Museum
International Center of Photography
PhotoVogue
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