Thursday, August 23, 2007

Photography

Photography

Different areas of specialisation are commercial photography, journalistic photography, portrait photography, fashion and advertising photography, wild life and outside photography.

Job Market:
Photographers usually work from their own studios or with newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies, government
agencies, industrial houses, etc.

Courses Offered: B.A. courses in photography of 3 year duration
are offered by some colleges.
1. Fergussen College, Pune
2. Ravishankar University, Raipur-492010
3. Utkal University, BJB College, Bhubaneshwar College,
Orissa
Institutions offering degree/diploma/certificate courses in
Photography:
1. Academy of Photography, Calcutta
2. Bhopal Viswavidhyalaya, Bhopal
3. Department of Continuing and Adult Education and
Extension Work, Churchgate Campus, SNDT Women’s
University, Mumbai-400 020
4. Garware Institute of Career Education & Development,
GICE, Vidyanagari, Kalina, Santa Cruz (E), Mumbai-98
5. India International Photographic Council, 12, Modern
School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110 001
6. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai-400 001
7. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Mahaveer Marg,
Hyderabad-500 028
8. National Institute of Design, Allahabad-211 002, UP
9. Photographic Society of India, D.N. Road, Mumbai-1
10. Sri Venkiteshwara University, Tirupati-517 502
11. St. Xavier’s Institute of Communications, St. Xavier’s College,
Fort, Mumbai-400 001
12. University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur-273 001, U P
13. Verve Visuals, CMH Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore-38

Institutes in Kerala Offering Govt. Certified Courses: Duration
One Year
1. Institute of Colour Photography and Videography, Doctor’s
Tower, Changanacherry
2. Maharaja Technological Institute (Nodel Polytechnic), Thrissur
3. Quick Photographic Technical Institute, Vantows Junction,
Thiruvananthapuram
4. Southern Film Institute, Thiruvallam, Thiruvananathapuram

Degree courses in Fine Arts/Visual Arts/Mass Communication/
Journalism offer limited exposure in this field. Following are some
institutions that offer courses in which photography is a subsidiary
subject.
1. Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal-462 026
2. Deendayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur-9
3. Film & Television Institute of India, Law College Road, Pune-
411 004
4. Indira Memorial Institute of Film & Television Technology,
Berhampur-760 004
5. Institute of Film Technology, Adyar, Chennai-600 020
6. Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamianagar, New Delhi-110 025
7. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi-221 002
8. “Rupam” National Institute of Electronic Communication
(affiliated to University of Rajasthan), Village-Kunda, Jaipur-303101
9. Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, E.M. Bye Pass Road,
Calcutta-700 094
10. The Film & TV Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai-113
11. University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211 002
Courses are also conducted by Photographic Society/Council
of particular states. There are also privately organised fashion
training institutes and polytechnics that offer hobby courses in
photography

International Courses
1. Lecie Academy, Greece. www/lecia.com
2. Sai Institute of Documentary Studies, Portland, USA. Website:
www/sait.edu
3. The Center for Contemporary Photography, Milan. www/
studiomaragoni.it
For more information on related careers abroad write to: Professional
Photographers of America Inc., 57, Forsythe Street, Suite
1600, Atlanta G.A-30303

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