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"No place is boring if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."
~ Robert Adams

Photography classes at Academy of Art University are aimed at developing each student’s individual style and preparing an outstanding, professional portfolio. Whether you study traditional or digital, our photography training will focus your artistic eye as you master the camera. Discover the glamour of fashion photography and learn the technique and equipment required for portrait photography. Since we offer the nation’s best photography courses, we train you to be the next top professional photographer.

Photography Classes

Photography courses offered by the Academy of Art University include: Digital Photography, Documentary Photography, Photo Journalism, Fashion Photography (female and male fashion photography, digital fashion photography, history of fashion photography), Advertising Photography, Illustration Photography, Fine Art Photography (including fine art nature photography, fine art black and white Photography), and more!

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Where your photography degree can take you...

Photography class graduates have careers in Digital Photography, Fashion Photography, Advertising Photography, Editorial Photography, Fine Art Photography, Documentary Photography, Journalism Photography, Wedding Photography, Photo Journalist, Portrait Photography, Photo Technology Maintenance, and more! Students who have taken our photography classes have been hired at Adbusters Magazine, Alison Wright Photography, Apple, Carter Dow Photography, Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland Tribune, Ruby Bird Productions and Sharpe & Associates.

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Photography Degree Programs:

Undergraduate Degree Programs
Photography Graduate Degree Program

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