Monday 18 March 2013

Photography institutes in India

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A picture is worth a thousand words! Artists want to express their feelings and emotions through their pictures, people love nature and want to capture its beauty. Photography is a medium of creative art and a photograph is a picture created with mechanical, chemical or electronic means.

Marriages may be decided in heaven, but they actually take place on the Earth and wedding photos are the most valuable possessions of people.

Parents love their children and their photos too. Schools and colleges want team photos. Corporate establishments always need photos for brochures, advertisements, catalogues, annual reports and press releases.

Newspapers and news magazines need news events covered with supporting photos. Stock agencies always want pictures; you may sell your work for calendars or greeting cards. There are many advertising agencies who want photos to create ads for their clients. The number of new magazines continues to grow. And all of them need photos.

Models want their portfolios done, companies want to promote their products and services, people want their family functions covered, and there is no end to the list.


1. National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad is a top rung government institute offering a one-year post graduate program in photography design. The program focuses on areas related to photo journalism and fashion, forensic and portrait photography. The certificate offered on completion of the course is a post graduate diploma from NID as well as a Masters of Fine Art offered by the University for Creative Arts, Farnham, UK.

2. Sir JJ School of Applied Arts, Mumbai offers a four year bachelors degree in Fine Arts from the Mumbai University. While the first year is the foundation year, the rest of the course focuses on Photography. Credited with providing the Indian Advertising Industry with most of its artistic talent, the institute is looking to getting an autonomy status soon.

3. College of Art, Delhi University – Established in 1942, the institute offers a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from the University of Delhi. It also offers advanced training in the form of a Masters degree. The teachers usually consist of practicing professionals and visiting faculty from the industry.

4. Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai – A certificate course at this institute and helps the student understand the basics of photography both in terms of its technical and aesthetic values. Students can also study photography as a subject within the Journalism and Mass communication diploma course.

5. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad offers a part-time post graduate program in Photography and Visual Communication from the JNTU College of Fine Arts. Admissions are based on the performance of the student in the entrance examination which is organized by the University.

6. Shari Academy of Photography and Digital Imaging, Mumbai, the first academy in India to be certified as an authorized training center by Adobe, offers full as well as part time courses for professional photography. The visiting faculty includes many renowned Indian photographers.

Light & Life Academy was established in 2001 by one of India's leading photographers, Iqbal K Mohamed. His passionate desire to provide the right mix of training and inspiration that would ably guide a whole new generation of world-class photographers, was the basis of this pioneering venture in the world of Professional Photography education in India.

Everything about the Academy has been deliberately designed. The location, Nilgiris, is a classroom in itself, where the most important aspect of photography, light, can be studied just by observing the world around you. The nearly 35,000 sq ft. of custom designed facility takes maximum advantage of the spectacular terrain, blends with the environment and provides a gurukul like ambience, where the faculty and students work closely together in pursuit of learning the art of image making.

The Academy's flagship course is the Post Graduation Diploma course in Professional Photography, for anyone aspiring to make a career in Photography. The institute also conducts short duration workshops in various aspects of photography, primarily for the serious hobbyist.
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India
Photography institutes in India

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