The programme is only available to candidate students who have passed the artistic entrance exam.

The photographer’s personality is all-important in Photography when studied as a main subject.

The course approaches the medium of photography as a means of communication, as a (visual) language, the idea being that the student masters that language so as to achieve personal expression. This is done partly by learning to ‘speak’ the language, i.e. taking one-off shots and series of photographs at different speeds: from short, fast experiments to lengthy studies.

The course covers the various major themes (portraiture, still life, landscape, etc.) with technique integral to the desired endresult. ‘Man’, ‘object’ and ‘space’ are the three cornerstones of the course. ‘Listening’ is another important aspect: in practice, what the on-going study of the visual language (in a socio-cultural context) boils down to is learning to ‘read’ the image.

Regular visits are made to national and international exhibitions and noted photographers are invited to give lectures about their work. It is essential that the course conducts a permanent dialogue with what is happening outside the academy. We strive for as broad a frame of reference as possible within which the students learn to situate their own work vis-à-vis contemporary art, the history of art, contemporary photography and the history of photography, but also within visual culture as a whole.

The studio is seen as a place where students draw inspiration from others, for instance through intensive and frequent discussions with the lecturers and through workshops and projects. The starting point is the individual’s instinctive need to express himself (visually). Producing images as a result of thinking and feeling (the step from the internal world to the external) is the embryo of ‘exhibiting’. The course guides the process of ‘exhibiting’ (revealing/presenting an inner intellectual and/or emotional world) so that that inner world becomes visible and tangible to third parties.

Gezien de diversiteit van afstudeerrichtingen en rekeninghoudend met snel evoluerende kunststromingen en -opvattingen, zal de beeldend kunstenaar zich voortdurend aan veranderende situaties dienen aan te passen. Ondanks de ruime keuze-imperatieven, blijft leven van de kunst als kunst, voor slechts enkele gegadigden weggelegd.
De meeste afgestudeerden uit Beeldende kunsten zoeken uitwegen in richtingen met artistieke toepassingen (bv. grafische bedrijven, uitgeverijen, film- en video-industrie, reclame- en publiciteitswereld, audiovisuele en toeristische sector). 
Freelance werken of combinaties met onderwijsopdrachten (hoger artistiek, kunstsecundair, deeltijds kunstonderwijs) behoren eveneens tot de mogelijkheden.

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