Photography

Express yourself through photographic imagery

YSU’s Photography area is part of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Studio Art, Interdisciplinary Studio Arts degree. You’ll move seamlessly between the darkroom and our state-of-the-art digital facilities while exploring historic and contemporary issues within lens-based media. The Photography area places equal emphasis on the science and craft of photography as well as critical thinking and conceptual development.

B.F.A. in Studio Art, Interdisciplinary Studio Arts degree requirements

Explore detailed information about our in-person degree, including a program overview, the classes in which you'll enroll, your projected courswork sequence, and more.

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Facilities

As a student, you’ll have access to a wide variety of professional equipment, including tripods, medium and large format cameras, studio lighting (such as strobes for on-site photography), LED light panels, portable backdrops, scanners, large format printing, and more.

Equipment + tools

Apple iMac workstations
Full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (including Classic Lightroom, Photoshop, After Effects, and Premier, as well as Rhinoceros 3D and opensource creative software like Processing and Arduino)
Fabrication labs (featuring multiple digital tools, such as 3D printers, CNC routers, laser cutters, and AR/VR)

Exhibition spaces

When the time comes for you to display your work, you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit solo, group, or experimental projects in the McDonough Museum of Art, the Judith Rae Solomon Gallery, or our Student Project Gallery.

solomon gallery

Meet our faculty

Our dedicated and professionally involved faculty are actively engaged in helping Interdisciplinary Studio Arts students successfully transition into positions with regional and national creative industries or graduate programs.