If you're the kind of person who...

  • Loves documenting life events for posterity
  • Takes photo retouching apps very seriously
  • Wants to make a career out of telling stories through a visual lens

Then Photography might be the Moore major for you.

WHY CHOOSE PHOTOGRAPHY AT MOORE?

  • CUSTOMIZED: Our unique curriculum can be tailored to your interests—whether you want to create impactful visuals for commercial industries like fashion, journalism, weddings and special events, or you’re more of a fine arts photographer.
  • CREDENTIALS: You’ll gain important industry experience working in analog and digital formats, with state-of-the-art equipment that the pros use.
  • CAREER: Get a head start with a paid internship in the field between your junior and senior years, and make connections with guest speakers and critics who work in the field.

 

Header artwork in video, in order: Amelia Gish ’22, Amelia Gish ’22, Juliet Evangelista ’22, Juliet Evangelista ’22, Ori Tucker ’23, Juliet Evangelista ’22, Ameilia Gish ’22, Emily Morton ’22, Virginia Boddie-Taveras ’22, Madeline Milliken ’23, Madeline Milliken ’23, Madeline Milliken ’23

KICKSTART YOUR CAREER WITH A PAID INTERNSHIP

100% of Moore Photography students receive a paid internship between junior and senior years, and get real-world experience working with companies and organizations like:

Love Me Do Photography

Love Me Do Photography

National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery

https://philadelphiafashionincubator.com/

Philadelphia Fashion Incubator

TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image

TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image

LAND YOUR DREAM JOB

Photography alumni have been published in places like the New York Times, The Nation, Buzzfeed, and Vogue Italia, and have landed jobs at companies and organizations like…

Free People

Free People

King Creative

King Creative

National Association of Black Journalists

National Association of Black Journalists

Philadelphia Film Society

Philadelphia Film Society

Visit Philly

Visit Philly

Wonderful Machine

Wonderful Machine

WXPN Radio

WXPN Radio

IN OUR OWN WORDS

Claudia Rubio '24

“Moore has taught me what it means to be a photographer and how to be taken seriously as a photographer. My skills have evolved exponentially—I’ve tried macro, fashion and studio photography, and I’ve strengthened my knowledge of professional lighting!"

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR EXPANSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

Students doing a photoshoot in front of a white backdrop in the photo studios.

Professional Shooting Studio

Fully equipped with a Hasselblad H5D-50 50MP camera, colored backdrops, green screen, strobes, hot lights and other accessories

Cameras on the shelf in the equipment cage.

Equipment Cage

Rent the same equipment the pros use, such as professional Canon SLRs and mirrorless cameras up to 45 megapixels, Prosumer DSLR and point-and-shoot cameras, film SLR cameras, 4 x 5 film cameras, HD video cameras, tripods, and audio accessories like digital audio recorders, boom mics, gimbal stabilizers, and more

A professor looking over students working on an interior design project in a computer lab.

Computer Labs

Everything you need for digital work: 27” iMacs, Epson P800 17”x22” inkjet printers, Epson V750 scanners for film scanning and neutral color temperature viewing booths

A printer with a black and white portrait printing.

Print Center

For wide-format work, including multiple 44”-wide photo-quality inkjet printers

Red photo of students processing photos in the photography wet lab.

Wet Darkroom

For processing film and printing black and white photos

A laser cutter cutting out a design in wood in the FabLab

FabLab

Your future favorite place on campus, featuring a laser cutter/engraver, 3D scanners/printers, CNC Router, ceramics decal printer and a digital embroidery machine

MEET YOUR MAJOR

Watch our Meet Your Major: Photography video to take a deeper dive into everything this program has to offer!

NETWORK WITH THE PROS

You’ll also meet guest critics and speakers—photography superstars who started out just like you—at special department events. Here’s a glimpse of some of our recent visitors:

Alex Da Corte

Alex Da Corte

Da Corte is a Venezuelan-American artist based in Philadelphia who creates vibrant and immersive large-scale installations that include wall-based works, sculptures, and videos. He has exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennale, the Hammer Museum, MASS MoCA and elsewhere.

Naomieh Jovin ’17

Naomieh Jovin ’17

Jovin is a first-generation Haitian-American, a photographic artist, and a Moore alum. Her work has been featured in The Nation, Vogue and Buzzfeed, and she’s photographed for the New York Times and Vogue Italia.

Gab Bonghi

Gab Bonghi

Bonghi has worked with clients like Universal Music Group, Starr Restaurants, and Philadelphia Distilling Company, and her work has been featured in EATER, Philadelphia Inquirer, NYLON, and elsewhere.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Click the plus buttons below to get an overview of each year’s core curriculum, and also choose from a variety of exciting electives like:

  • Fashion, Editorial, and Lifestyle Photography: create a brand and learn to work with clients
  • Photojournalism: discover visual storytelling strategies for recording current events
  • Animating the Image: use software to animate photographs, video, sound and illustrations 
  • Web Media: explore motion, time, information and interactivity in a web environment
  • The Photo Book: examine a wide range of book- and zine-making style

Photography Core Curriculum

Year 1 is your Foundation year! You’ll get a head start with your bridge-to-major class (Photography Core) and choose between drawing or design in your second semester.

  • 2D Design
  • 3D Design
  • Photography Core
  • Foundation Drawing I
  • Color Theory
  • Visual Thinking
  • Creative Design OR Drawing for Visual Communication
  • Writing Workshop I & II
  • Art History I & II

Immerse yourself in your major in Year 2. Classes like Studio & Location Lighting, Digital Photography and Video Core will give you foundational skills for future work.

  • Digital Photography I & II
  • History of Photography
  • Studio & Location Lighting
  • Video Core
  • Photography Elective
  • Modern Art History Course
  • Non-Western Art History
  • Gender, Race, Class & Power
  • Studio Electives

In Year 3, explore your options and start to think about your future through electives and Professional Development, which will prepare you for an exciting $1,000 paid summer internship.

  • Photography Junior Studio I & II
  • Video Projects
  • Photography Elective
  • Theory, Criticism & Aesthetics
  • Professional Development I
  • Creative & Critical Studies Electives
  • Studio Electives

In Year 4, take your final electives and Senior Studio and Thesis classes, and apply the skills you’ve learned to a final thesis project. Then get ready for your journey to post-graduation success!

  • Senior Studio
  • Contemporary Issues in Photography
  • Senior Thesis 
  • Professional Development II (Internship)
  • Theory, Criticism & Aesthetics
  • Creative & Critical Studies Electives
  • Photo Elective 
  • Open Electives 

Take the Next Steps!

We're looking forward to meeting you and telling you more about the undergraduate Photography program at Moore.