Academy of Photography
Through photography, our students are inspired to love the process of learning and to use visual and written communication to explore and understand their academic subjects. We hope to motivate young citizens to discover and develop both a personal ideal and voice, and to give them an opportunity to begin pursuing an exciting career.Discover an outstanding faculty of artists, photographers and writers with professional experience in top businesses and industry. Our industry partnerships include professional organizations, such as NFTE (National Foundation For Teaching Entrepreneurship), ICP (International Center of Photography), Macy’s Photo Studio and USA Today. Our programs include guest lecturers, field trips, job shadowing and internships. We are committed to having the industry actively involved in keeping our curriculum relevant.
The Photography Academy has a director and a coordinator. The director is Mr. Sime and the coordinator is Ms. Singleton. If you need to contact Ms. Singleton, you can call her school cell phone (646)761-0808 or at esingleton2@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Sime can be reached at 212-245-5925 ext. 280 or at L.sime2@schools.nyc.gov
Course sequence update for Commercial Photography As of September 2008.
VGP I Introduction to Photography/History/Careers/Sun-Prints/Photo-grams/Safety/ Chemistry/Pinhole.
VGP II Intro to 35mm/Intro to lighting/Conventional Black and White/Film Processing and Printing.
VGP III Advanced 35 mm /Advanced lighting/ Strobe.
VGP IV Medium and Large format/Dark room / Studio/Intro to Digital.
VGP V Digital Photography.
VGP VI Advanced digital/ Photo Studio/Color
VGP VII Video Production
VGP VIII Television production/CFM/Internships