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Photography Facilities
Wolverhampton School of Art / Facilities / Photography Facilities
BA (Hons) Photography and MA Digital and Visual Communications (Photography) students have access to some of the best photography facilities available anywhere in the UK. Both analogue and digital photographic practices are equally represented with traditional darkrooms (for black & white and full colour processing), a dedicated digital editing suite and a large photo studio with vehicle access.
Virtual tour of the Photography Facilities
Click on the image below and take a tour around our facilities, please note the Mattertag hotspots (white circles) – these contain information about specific equipment.
Facilities include
Commercial studio facilities
- Full size White cove
- Full size Black cove
- Model changing/make-up room
- Vehicle access
- Comfortable break-out spaces
- Digital tethering capabilities
- Dedicated digital editing suite (with drum scanners)
- Social space (with provision for professional meetings & presentation)
- Personal lockers for kit and books
- Private studio
- Dedicated product shoot studio
- All studios supported with Broncolor and Bowens professional lighting systems and an online remote booking service
Camera systems (digital & analogue)
- Digital systems including: Hasselblad, Pentax, Canon and Nikon
- Analogue systems including: Horseman 5x4, Wista, Hasselblad, Mamiya and Nikon.
Traditional processing & printing
- Analogue film developing
- Large black & white darkroom
- Alternative processes darkroom (wet-plate collodion, cyanotypes, gum bichromate, salt printing, liquid light)
- Full colour darkroom with print machine
Output and finishing
- Access to specialist in-house digital printing service
- Dedicated spacious photography finishing room
- Gallery space for exhibitions
Media Stores
- Online remote booking
- Dedicated kit for photography students
- Access to other media resources
In Focus
Explore our facilities in more detail
Including our traditional Black & White Darkroom, Basement Studio, Private Studio and Pro Photo Studio with white and black Infinity Coves.
In Addition
We have a spacious photography Finishing Room and access to a specialist in-house digital printing service – the Print Support Hub. Alongside a Media Store with dedicated kit for photography students. We even have our own Art Materials Shop, which stocks an extensive range of art materials.
Photography Finishing Room
Our dedicated spacious photography finishing room contains everything you need to professionally mount your work ready for display. Including large scale cutting mats, straight cutting edges and plan chests to safely store your work.
Print Support Hub
The Print Support Hub is a technically supported, open access area. It offers all School of Art students a range of specialist printers that are capable of printing onto a vast array of different materials.
Including:
- A3 Risograph printer
- 2 medium format high-end Epson printers (A4, A3, A3+ and A2)
- Large format thermal lithographic printer
- Large Format Mimaki textile printer
- Large Format Mimaki textile printer
The room also offers two large format scanners that will scan artwork up to A0 size.
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Media Stores
The Media Stores is a fantastic facility providing free access to equipment for a variety of courses throughout the Wolverhampton School of Art. Including specialist photographic and digital media equipment.
Art Materials Shop
The Wolverhampton School of Art's art materials shop stocks an extensive range of art materials, including paints, brushes, sketchbooks, portfolios, and much more.
Study with us
We offer both undergaraduate and postgraduate courses in Photography.
BA Photography:
This course offers the freedom and support to explore, challenge and interrogate established photographic genres that will allow you to engage and promote your ideas through a number of key assignments. Whilst examining creative methods and conceptual planning, you will form the basis of your critically engaged practice.
MA Digital and Visual Communication (Photography):
This course gives you the opportunity to develop your creative design abilities but also equips you with marketing and branding skills and knowledge essential for a career in the competitive market place that is International Visual Communications.
