Photography and Heritage
Learn the necessary skills to capture the identity of a place in your photographs.
Course information
Nottingham is a vibrant city with a rich heritage – Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, The Lace Market, and Nottingham Castle all make this the ideal place to learn about heritage through the lens of your camera. This course will teach you the necessary skills to capture the identity of a place in your photographs.
You will:
- Improve your understanding of digital photography and the manual settings of your camera
- Explore Nottingham’s history and heritage through photography
- Experiment with abstract shapes, colours and textures
- Use Raw processing and Adobe Photoshop to enhance and manipulate your images
- Print your own photographs in a darkroom
- Make a short zine of your work using Adobe InDesign
You will need a camera if you have one. This could be a digital or film camera. If you don’t have one then don’t worry, you can borrow one from the university - you will be using a variety of cameras including the ones on your phone!
After this course, you should be able to:
- Communicate a visual response to places and histories
- Evaluate your own work and that of others
- Demonstrate relevant technical skills
- Create photographs that explore ideas.
Teaching on this course will be delivered by lectures and project briefings, studio workshops, technical demonstrations, verbal and visual presentations, and off campus trips.
This course is ideal for university-level students with a passion for photography and heritage and have the required English language skills.
Assessment – visual presentation of your project work.
About your tutors
George Miles- Senior Lecturers | School of Art and Design
George Miles is a senior lecturer in the photography department at NTU. He enjoys seeing and understanding the world through a camera and is interested in working with students that wish to engage with the process of making pictures to ask questions about the world, themselves, and the medium itself. George has published numerous photobooks and his pictures have been exhibited internationally.
Jed Hoyland- Senior Lecturers | School of Art and Design
Jed Hoyland is a senior lecturer in photography at NTU. He works and teaches in digital and traditional analogue forms, offering practical workshops in the black and white and colour darkrooms and studios. Jed also teaches a variety of hand-made bookmaking forms.
How to Apply
Complete our online application form to apply for Global Summer School. The application deadline is 1 June 2024.
Once you apply we’ll be in touch with more information on how to pay, your course, accommodation and travelling to Nottingham.