About Art Photography

Our program begins with the premise that photography is aesthetically complex and varied. Rather than promoting a particular tradition, we provide essential critical and technical skills to help students gain confidence to take risks and find their own voice. And because contemporary photographic practices embrace a wide array of idioms, including cinema, documentary, fashion, ecology, and other contemporary art, our classroom discussions are a marriage of professional skill development and a strong engagement with the world.

Syracuse students also benefit from a close affiliation with Light Work, a world-class photo gallery, publisher, and artist-residency housed on the Syracuse campus. This relationship allows our students to interact with a roster of international photographers through lectures, internships, and classroom visits. In addition, they can utilize production facilities both at Light Work and our own studios and classrooms, ensuring easy access to professional digital, analog, and lighting equipment, including large format ink-jet printers and a 44-inch color processor.

Of course strong facilities and transmitting useful information is only part of an educational mission; our unflagging dedication to making a learning environment that is challenging, passionate, and exciting is our greatest resource.

Recent Visiting Artists

Chris Verene, Peter Galassi, Elinor Carucci, Mitch Epstein, John Gossage, Stephen Barker, Stan Douglas, Chan Chao, Dana Hoey, Yvonne Rainer, Lorie Novak, Zoe Beloff, Paul Chan, John Miller, Franklin Sirmans, Alison Nordstrom, Claire Schneider, and Ariel Shanberg.