ABOUT US

PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

CINEMATOGRAPHY COURSE

ABOUT US

The Roman School of Photography is a cultural reference point and it became a recognized part of the artistic landscape of the capital. The school is the realization of a dream and fruit of a project of an artist, who since the early 70s has been animating the roman culture life, Angelo Caligaris, painter and photographer. In 1992, he established, together with Duccio Trombadori, an educational centre with the aim to train future professional photographers as well as to lay theground for developing a deeper insight into other form of artistic expression.

It was the year 1847 when an international group of photographers, with a keen interest in technological innovations in photography, met in café Greco to discuss objectives and activities with regards to the architecture and landscape of Rome of Pope Pius IX. The latest technological developments, the paper negative altogether with a new style in photography – romantic-pictorials- led to the emergence of an enthusiastic group with more coherent methods of photographic work. Apart from French photographers Flacheron, Normand and Constant, the group, whose works were shown in many important exhibitions in Paris, consisted of Giacomo Caneva and James Anderson, British rival to Alinari, who depicted urban landscapes in a form of a postcard.

We are proud of the fact that the history of our school is rooted in the past so noble and full of innovation, at the same time Roman and cosmopolitan. We are also proud to trace our ancestry to the Roman School, emerged from the discordant voices ofschools of painting of the 30s of the 20^th century and a romantic photography of the 19^thcentury. In our veins runs the sap of the progressive root that binds our name to that great artists who remained attentive to the most urgent and vital problems of humanity, without ever bending to a single philosophy, monarch, regime, discarding bombastic rhetoric, avoiding the rude and grandiloquent language of power and empty, pompous official manner. However, it should also be remembered that there is another element flowing in our blood: that of photographic research, passionate and friendly, hardly content with what has already been said, done, seen and heard. We are heirs of trends that arise from a particular territory but by nature speak the universal language. The arts, and photography too, can easily evolve into rigidacademic subjects, unless you create a nucleus of thought and action that promotes freedom of research without sacrificing the technique of photography. The Roman school felt it was the latter and we are their heirs.

We are born in a way like the crowns of pines of Pincio terraces, which reign on the horizon; moulded by the neoclassical panorama of Piazza del Popolo and by its colours at sunset we are born to some extent as if from the ruins of a bombed town., such as accurate tonal transitions Mafais’ frameworks , thirsty like a Pirandellos’ white and pink , elegant and cruel as the reds of Scipione, we feel at home among the excited crowd swarming the Spanish Steps and at Christmas as midsummer, speaks all languages the world, but we are also at home among the desperate crowd wot on, July 19 ‘43, is listening to Pius XII who rushed to the Scalo San Lorenzo in the rubble of the bombing.

We believe in direct contact with things, to refine strategies of documentary , but also to refine the links between and artistic and photographic point of view, in a process of identity formation, not only as a professional photographer, but also as a conscious witness, observer and interpreter of one’s own time. We have many stories to tell and many we would like to know, with so many experiences to share as well as to live through. We are immersed in the history but at the same time we are focused on the signs of the future. We live and we are witness of creative and photographic research, social engagement and contact with the territory in a city that has always spoken to the world. We are deeply conscious and proud of all that, and that is the baggage that we bring when we meet with others, connect to the global network of the twenty-first century.

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PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

Level 1 The first-level courses are ideal for those who start with zero knowledge of photography. It is also an excellent course for those who are self-taught photographers but would like todeepen their knowledge on a professional basis. There are no exams or additional requirements to join the course.

Master Level 1

Annual Base

Base Annual Evening

Reportage and Photojournalism

Four-months Base

Four Months Specialization

Level 2 The second-level courses are for those who already are in possession of excellent knowledge of shooting techniques outdoors and in studio and/or good ability to “photo story” in the photo reportage; it is also suitable for those who want to bring their skills to a professional level. It is necessary to attend an interview. There are also additional requirementssuch as portfolio presentation and pass mark inthe entry test, which can help us to determine whether you possess the necessary level of photographic skills and knowledge.

Master Level 2

Advanced

Advanced shooting in studio

Advanced in photo reportage

Masterclass for Advanced Landscape & Travel

Level 3 The third-level courses are for those who are already photographers but need updating their skills in a specializedarea or techniques to confidently face the working world.

Master Level 3

Professional shooting in studio

Professional in photo reportage

(It is possible to customize a learning path to suit individual requirements)

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Master Course

The course, which lasts up to 3 years, is aimed to train technical and cultural photographers in the main areas of the profession such as advertising, reportage, fashion, still life and fine arts. A professional will work with students to show all technical, cultural and creative problems of professional photography in order to prepare the final year students to successfully face the professional world. Each year is autonomous with separate objectives. Each year ends with an examination it is therefore not “required” to attend all three years.

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Annual Base

Period of 8 months, this course is for those who want to acquire a good knowledge of photography with 35 mm film format, development and printing b/w traditional and digital printing.
Advanced Courses or, alternatively, the second year of the master course are natural further steps in training for students attending the course.

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Base Annual Evening

Period of 8 months, this course is for those who want to acquire a good knowledge of photography with 35 mm film format, development and printing b/w traditional and digital printing.
Advanced Courses or, alternatively, the second year of the master course are natural further steps in training for students attending the course.

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Reportage and Photojournalism

The course, lasting 8 months, is aimed at those who want to acquire the techniques of shooting in 35 mm and digital, as well as to understand theoretical and practical applications of photoreportage. The goal of the course is to prepare students to conceptualize, design and produce photoreportage in line with the demands of today’s publishing market. It discusses many aspects of contemporary reportage, ranging from social to ecological issues, with particular attention to a story and photo essay. Apart from lectures with internationally renowned photojournalists there will also be meetings with various professionals from the media industry such as photography editors, journalists, etc.

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Four Months Base

During the course which lasts 4 months you will learn: applied photographic techniques, portrait, professional development, printing negatives in b/w , introduction to digital photography and computer image processing with inkjet printing.
The teaching is based primarily on practical training gained through exercises in the studio with professional photographers. It is a perfect introduction to the wide world of photography.
Technique-enhancing course (supplementary)

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Masterclass for Advanced Landscape & Travel

The Masterclass is aimed at those who have a good knowledge of the techniques of shooting in 35 mm, development and printing b / w and / or image processing and digital printing.
The aim of the Masterclass is to provide students with the tools needed to design, plan and implement services that are aimed at growing photo-book market for the tourism reporting and landscape photography. Integrative part of this process is research, local knowledge and organization in terms of spatial and temporal of shooting, gaining the ability to contextualize the place of emotional recovery and composition as the foundation narrative. Students are asked to produce fine-art prints as a summary and final work.

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Professional form of Tier 3

Professional Modules programme is an alternative to Year 3 of the triennial comprehensive Master, offering training in selected disciplines, such as Portrait / Figure / Fashion, Still Life / Advertising, Commercial Photography Studio, Editorial (Reportage and Photojournalism).

Big part of the course is dedicated to young professionals through continuous contact with industry professionals such as photo editors of journals or photo agencies, art directors in advertising agencies, etc. ….

The proposed guidelines are:

- Portrait / Figure / Fashion
– Still Life / Advertising
– Commercial Photography Studio, which includes both modules above
– Editorial (Reportage and Photojournalism)

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CINEMATOGRAPHY COURSE

The period of study is divided into two semesters which last three and four months. The course is offered both to home and foreign students. The goal of the course is to give knowledge and skills applicable in the film industry through the means of lectures, laboratories and film making projects.

Direction – Screenplay – Production – Photography

The aim of the first part is to train students in all the technical and practical aspects of work related to the film art . Internships in film sets outside the school are provided at this stage.
The second semester will focus on specific practical development of knowledge acquired in first semester, enabling students, under the supervision of all teachers, to make a collective short film in the final phase of the course, from writing scenes, until the project and final post production. Internships in film sets outside the school are provided at this stage.

(It is possible to customize a learning path to suit individual requirements)

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