Grow as an artist and image maker while studying both traditional photography and emerging digital technologies and methods.
Since its inception, photography has held a place of cultural prominence. That’s increasingly true because of the pervasive use of photographs on digital platforms. Tyler takes an interdisciplinary approach that helps you grow as an artist and image maker, approaching the medium as a fine art.
Tyler offers an MFA in photography. Learn more about furthering your education here.
Tyler’s photography degree program was one of the first art schools in the country to offer a BFA and MFA in photography. We’re also the first place to teach color photography — way back in the day.
Imagine that.
A longtime comprehensive blend of the historic processes of photography and an exploration of the most current techniques, photography at Tyler remains at the forefront of new methods and opportunities to prepare you for the evolution of the profession.
Tyler attracts a vibrant community of artists interested in photographic methods, from then and now. These brave thinkers and risk takers show up ready to try it all.
Choosing a renowned art school is a big move. It says you take yourself and your image-making seriously. It demonstrates your commitment to your education and professional possibilities for a dynamic and sustainable career in photography.
Thanks to Tyler’s association with a respected, public university you can earn an affordable degree that includes access to world-class facilities and opportunities that only a big university in a big city can provide.
Use Philadelphia, a vibrant art center with a pioneering photography tradition, as your inspiration and training ground. Explore museums and galleries. Find internships and jobs. Consider launching your own creative practice here.
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture features its own admissions team, who can provide you with the information you need to make the best decision for your educational and career goals.
The photography BFA program at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture emphasizes photographic processes as a fine art medium.
Always central to our sense of identity and place and history, photos tell stories and evoke emotions in ways that words alone or other media simply cannot. Photographic images are arguably more important than ever in our culture.
At first, photos existed as rarities. Now? They permeate our lives. Ever-present images open doors for contemporary artists to reach well past old boundaries.
Choose to earn your photography degree at Tyler and learn both the art and science of photography. Study the history of the art form and the contemporary, critical trends and theories of the medium.
Tyler’s photography program delivers on its long history of teaching a comprehensive blend of the historic processes of photography and an exploration of the most current techniques, including a new media time arts approach.
Using the program’s historical emphasis, you get the opportunity to perfect alternative techniques.
Hand-applied emulsions that are light sensitive
Platinum printing
Gum printing
Other historical practices
At the same time, Tyler teaches you to explore contemporary photo processes in one of the finest digital labs in the country.
Your comprehensive and transformative education prepares you to pursue a graduate degree or for a career with photography at the center — including charting a unique professional path that best suits your interests and skills.
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture and the Fox School of Business Management collaborate to offer this undergraduate certificate in Creative Entrepreneurship for artists and other creatives who want to add business skills too.
This program prepares BFA students, with an approved course of study, to qualify for Pennsylvania Teaching Certification in Art, kindergarten through twelfth grade. Students must complete the BFA requirements along with 32 credit hours in education, art education, and specified liberal arts courses. Education-related studies begin in the sophomore year. Students generally take 5 years to fulfill all requirements or the 155 credit degree. All candidates for Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Art, K-12 must earn passing scores in the Praxis I and II National Teacher Examinations, Elementary Education: General Knowledge, and the Art Education Examinations.
Graduates of Tyler’s BFA in photography degree program pursue a wide range of career options. Whatever path you choose, the Tyler emphasis on developing both personal artistic vision and technical skill makes you a flexible, adaptable artist wherever your career takes you.
Tyler’s photography degree program fosters an environment that mirrors life as a professional image-maker. We build community and share opportunities to support your personal development.
Work inside Tyler’s cutting-edge digital labs and studios, including a dedicated lighting studio and print finishing areas. Get access to first-class darkrooms and the chance to work with some of photography’s earliest forms.
So much innovative work happens inside your own head. That’s why it’s good to get outside of yourself and your studio. Grab your cameras and go abroad to Rome or Tokyo.
Connect with your classmates and lovers of photography through the Tyler Photo Club. This student-run organization creates broader connections with creators on and off campus.
See how your future classmates at Tyler use various photography equipment, methods and digital tools to create meaningful images.
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Dive deeper into the innovative projects and diverse talents of our students. Discover a wider range of creative work, from cutting-edge designs to thought-provoking concepts, and see how our Tyler creative's are shaping the world around them.
At Tyler, you join a community of classmates, alumni and faculty-mentors who contribute their influence and thought-leadership to your academic and studio art experiences. Let them explain the strength and benefits of earning your photography BFA here.
Tyler attracts faculty members with their own professional practice and deep knowledge and passion in the field. As mentors as well as professors, they teach both interdisciplinary thought and practice in their work supporting your artistic growth. Meet your professors and learn more about their areas of expertise.
Read the latest news from our inspiring community of working artists / faculty, current students and successful alumni.
Join our online community and follow along with our Instagram posts. See photos and learn more about what’s happening in photography at Tyler.
In addition to Tyler’s specialized admissions team, you’re welcome to contact the photography program leadership.
PhD (He/His), Assistant Professor of Instruction and Program Head of Photography
dilmar.mauricio@temple.edu
