This Intensive offers a supportive environment where intermediate and advanced photographers develop confidence with experimentation and self-expression, cultivate their knowledge and skills with an advanced photography course syllabus, and refine their personal approaches to the creative process by building a portfolio for photography. Students consider elements that hold personal significance, inform their photography, and resonate with a larger cultural or historical meaning using both realistic and abstract photography techniques. Photography, like other art forms, speaks to our hearts as well as our minds, and the goal of this intensive is to bring true your vision in photography. While it can be precise and detailed, it is not the language of mere fact. It communicates the unsayable complexity of the human experience. Presentations, class activities, and short readings offered in our advanced photography courses open pathways for ideas and inspiration. Assignments and weekly critiques guide participants toward realizing a cohesive project while developing their artistic practice and building a personal body of work by learning what makes a good photography portfolio.
The Personal Vision & Portfolio Intensive can be completed in its entirety online. Additional onsite intermediate and advanced photography courses included in the program are offered for students visiting or living in New York.
Topics of study include:
- Intuitive approaches to image-making
- Defining the conceptual framework of photography
- Visual language as a tool for expressing ideas
- Approaches for self-portraiture
- Intimate and vulnerable photography
- Aesthetics and visual metaphors with abstract photography techniques
- Image selection and sequencing
- Fine art printing and art-book making
- Industry best practices and strategies
Expected Outcomes:
- Identify your artistic interests and concepts
- Cultivate your creative process in a supportive environment
- Create meaningful personal work for building a portfolio of photography
- Adopt industry-leading methodologies and practices
- Develop your portfolio and personal style
- Prepare your work for publication with a photography portfolio
Special Benefits:
- Official ICP digital certificate (see requirements below)
- $150 total savings after completing all intermediate and advanced photography courses
- Exclusive early registration period before each term
- Personal consultation by ICP staff (upon request)
- ICP One Year Certificates’ pre-application photography portfolio evaluation (upon request)
- ICP One Year Certificates’ application fees waived
- ICP One Year Certificates’ early acceptance notice
- The opportunity of having your work highlighted by ICP (website, social media, etc.)
Program Structure
Framework & Courses
Important Notes
Prerequisites
The Personal Vision & Portfolio Intensive is an intermediate-advanced photography program featuring an advanced course syllabus: You are comfortable using your camera, whether film or digital, and with your photographic practice. You have experience using Adobe applications such as Lightroom or Photoshop with abstract photography techniques. You may want to understand how to utilize your camera in a more thoughtful and articulate way, practice creative methodologies, or learn how to utilize theoretical concepts in relation to your photography portfolio and self-expression in photography. Students must meet the prerequisites of each course they register for as part of the program.
Tuition
Enrollment to the Personal Vision & Portfolio Intensive is open throughout the year. Once enrolled, students may select their preferred intermediate or advanced photography courses (see ‘Register for Upcoming Courses’ above). Use the ‘Enroll in Intensive’ button below to submit your online application form (no preparations are needed).
Depending on students’ intermediate and advanced photography class selection, the total tuition can range between $1515–$2465 and includes:
• A non-refundable registration fee of $450
• The discounted fees of the selected and studied courses. Courses’ fees range between $365–$955 and enrolled students receive $200 discounts on each of their courses (total discount of $600).
As a limited promotion, ICP may approve and credit courses previously taken at ICP towards completion of the Intensive, and adjust the registration fee and remaining discounts accordingly (see Special Promotion).
Certification
Students must pass all required photography courses before receiving ICP certification. All courses for personal vision photography and portfolio must be completed within a period of 1-year from the date of registration (excluding approved past courses). Additionally, to receive their certificate, students need to present an edited and sequenced selection of 10-20 pictures from their personal project. Once a student completes the requirements, a request for the certificate should be submitted using the button below.
