Photography
- Free photography workshops led by professional photographers
- For students studying photography at Key Stage 4 to 5
The National Portrait Gallery has an extensive permanent photographic portrait collection, as well as displaying temporary photographic exhibitions. We offer a significant programme for the interpretation of study and photography including practical workshops.
Students work in our studio workshop space using large-format and/or digital cameras, using studio lighting to create their own portraits, taking on the roles of photographers, stylists and models.
Students develop ideas, improve technical skills with formal elements, and make connections between their own outcomes and the artists' approach.
All workshops last for one day: 10.30 to 15.30 with a break for lunch (not provided).
Maximum of 20 students per workshop.
Please see here for photography-based Gallery sessions
Our new Photography resource set Portrait Photography - From the Victorians to the Present Day is now available for teachers
Setting it Up: Photography and Set Design workshop
October 2011 Wed 12/Thurs 13/Fri 14
March 2012 Mon 12/Tues 13/Wed 14
Working with professional artists specialising in set design and photography, students observe processes and outcomes, skills and approaches. Gathering inspiration from the permanent Collection, students work in teams to create their own set designs before photographing them in a studio setting.
Picture and Person: Arabic Season special
November 2011 Tue 29
Guest artist Leslie Hakim-Dowek leads an exciting practical photography workshop that encourages responses to her own practise and autobiographical approach as well as exploring with students, specific examples from the gallery’s collection and the Chasing Mirrors 2011 display.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011
February 2012 Wed 1 / Thur 2 / Fri 3
Responding to key photographs in this temporary exhibition, students experiment with composition, pose, setting, props and lighting in a professional studio atmosphere.
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