What are some of the best places to go to school for Photography?

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Answer 1

We always suggest you seek and internship at a professional studio. Often this is for free but then you wouldn't be paid to attend school either, would you? Visit several studios, interview and tell them your desire and see if they will sign you or if they are small and have never had an intern then sell yourself. I imaging you will be doing a lot of camera assistant work and work flow; retouching, ordering and this should all be part of what they teach. Make it clear you want to learn the camera and lighting.

Also, The Texas PPA has something called "Texas School" which is held for one week on the campus of Texas A&M every April and this is considered one of the best, hands on, intensive school in the country. Sign up is fierce; people fill out the form and sit poised over their computer at midnight of the first day of registration. You will learn a ton and have a ball doing it. You will also meet some of the country's finest photographers. Some will be teaching and others will be students right along side you. Look into it.

Good luck.

Answer 2

In my opinion School of Visual Arts in NYC has the best, some bigshots in the industry teach there. The most important thing to take from school is connections in the industry. Knowing photog's and editors gives you a big step up, and sva can give you some connections. Plus being in NYC is a good idea as the industry is based here. I've also heard RIT and Savanah College of Art and Design are good.

Answer 3

NYU. Any big city, really. Actually, any big city that still has someplace nearby it that has enough wildlife-type areas to photograph as well. With NYC you've still got Central Park, but you've also got this entire city to photograph as well. With Philadelphia (if you reeeaaally have your sights set on it, but I wouldn't recommend it) you've still got areas around near Media, or even down in Delaware a few miles off that have some neat areas. Baltimore, Boston, LA, SF, Chicago, Orlando, St. Louis, what have you. I'd go big city, definitely. Unless you've lived in a big city, in which case, I'd go a smaller college, something more suburban or even rural-ish. You have the whole world in front of you, why not go somewhere where you'll experience life you've not experienced before? And of course, I'd talk to students who go to the schools you have your eye on, and see how they like it.

Answer 4

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