Columbia College Chicago

Challenge your creative boundaries

Earn your MFA in Photography

Photography, MFA

Take your fine-art photography skills to the next level in Columbia’s two-year graduate Photography program. You’ll dive into intense studio practice and in-depth study of the medium, and build a sophisticated body of work that culminates in a thesis exhibition. Throughout the program, you will:

  • Benefit from personal critiques by our award-winning faculty of professional photographers that includes Guggenheim fellows.
  • Learn from visiting artists from around the globe and curators of the on-campus Museum of Contemporary Photography.
  • Use our extensive, state-of-the-art photography facilities, which include a fully equipped digital imaging lab, darkrooms and a lighting studio.
  • Graduate with a thriving network of academic and professional support.

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