Fashion Photography, BA (Hons)

Our BA (Hons) Fashion Photography course at UCA Epsom focuses on creating innovative fashion images inspired by personal experiences and interests, while addressing broader societal issues. It builds a strong foundation in photography and fashion image production, emphasizing individual creativity, multidisciplinary approaches, and industry relevance. Collaboration and boundary-pushing are core to the program, fostering critical thinking through emerging technologies and guidance from active professionals.In Year 1, students explore cultural, social, and political influences on environments and consumer choices, examining image construction and visual meaning. Year 2 develops concepts for fashion firms, honing technical skills for moving images and narrative techniques. In Year 3, participants produce a substantial body of work and a dissertation, drawing on acquired expertise.

In Year 1 you'll consider the significance of environments from a variety of cultural, social and political perspectives. You'll explore questions of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, morality, social position and individual representation influence consumer choice. You'll also examine the constructed nature of images and the creation of meaning through various modes of visual production and presentation. In Year 2 you'll build concepts for fashion firms the learn the technical and professional skills necessary to realise those concepts and successfully promote fashion through moving image. You'll explore narrative conventions through a series of contextual lectures and technical workshops, and you'll consider your practice in relation to audiences, publication and the dissemination of photographic work. In Year 3 you'll draw upon the skills you've gained to produce a significant body of work, as well as a dissertation.