Milo Lethorn

Throughout the MA Photography Practice programme, I have been motivated to interrogate aesthetic decisions and to have confidence producing new work that responds meaningfully to the world beyond the classroom. 

I’ve found that the structure of the year and attitudes of course staff has helped scaffold this development, prescribing a prolific period of fluid, reflexive experimentation and idea-gathering, followed by a more focused, project-oriented phase, both enmeshed with relevant academic theory. 

Engaging with new approaches

Coming in with more traditional photographic interests, I have enjoyed getting to grips with alternative and emerging visual technologies, recognising how they might bridge critical gaps in my own practice. Everything feels like it’s at hand; it’s just a matter of ambition and alignment.  

Lectures introduce refreshing historical and contemporary artistic methodologies, much of which unfolds the conventional canon and actively challenges its tropes.

A supportive community

The atmosphere fostered for our cohort has felt genuinely collective, with a sense that everyone is on the same team. I have felt consistently treated as a peer, with something valuable to contribute to critical discussions.

Whilst recognising the course as an investment in pursuing academic and artistic directions, we are encouraged to engage not just with the “photography world” but ultimately participate with the world through photography.