Photography in Brussels

Programme for exchange students: Within this programme, the individual student’s interests and personal obsessions are central. Throughout the programme the necessary technical, artistic and intellectual skills to translate thoughts and ideas into images will be taught. The programme will challenge you to create images that question and radically reject conventional ideas. The academic Photography student is an innovative image-maker, not an executor.

In his/her practice, thinking and doing are not exclusive but complementary. You’ll learn how to deal with the complexities of the photographic medium. You’ll be challenged to discover and sharpen the own artistic motives and vision. You’ll acquire the necessary technical and artistic skills to use later as an artist, as a purebred photographer, or as a researcher.

You will be part of an international group of students in a multicultural metropolis. Our campus is situated within the dynamic context of Brussels. This diversity creates new avenues of thought and leads to a challenging artistic process. Surrounded by students from Belgium and abroad you'll be confronted by other realities that shift your boundaries. 

Our campus has a studio specialized in analogue photography. With its extensive infrastructure, various cameras and expertise, it offers you a range of artistic possibilities. It is unique within the landscape of contemporary art colleges.

Programme for exchange students

Exchange students are welcome to join the programme in 3BA or exceptionally in the Master.            

Exchange in the bachelor (3^rd year): When exchanging in the first semester, in addition to a range of theory courses,  you’ll be part of Our Studio Practice 3 (Printed Matter) and Time Based Media.  If you exchange in the second semester, in addition to a range of theory course, you’ll be part of the Bachelorproef (Final Bachelor Project).

Exchange in the master: In addition to individual and group tutorials, you will follow specific theory classes as well as interdisciplinary seminars. You will actively follow the latest developments in the contemporary art scene, regularly visiting exhibitions with fellow students and meeting with artists, curators and other actors from the national and international scene. As a result, you will develop your critical-reflective outlook on the contemporary art world. In the Critical Practice course, you further develop your discursive and analytical skills. This will help you to improve your level of reflection on the context and practices of contemporary art.