{{Short description|Australian photography college}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}'''Photography Studies College''', commonly abbreviated to '''PSC''', is a privately owned independent tertiary photography college established in 1973, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
==History==
=== 1973 founding === Photography Studies College was first named the Gallery School of Photographic Art<ref name=":1">Advertisement, ''The Age'' Monday 9 Dec 1974, p. 18</ref> when it was founded by Roger Hayne<ref>'Gallery and school,' in ''The Age'', Monday 9 Dec 1974, p. 17</ref> at its present address<ref>{{Citation|title=Hayne, Roger|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/228495467|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> in 1973,<ref>Ely, D. (1999). The Australian centre for photography. ''History of photography'', 23(2), 118-122.</ref> through his business Impact Photography Pty. Ltd., 203 Canterbury Road, St Kilda.<ref name=":1" /> Previously a publicity officer for the Victorian Railways he had later worked with the Australian Antarctic Division,.<ref>Cover image "FH1100 helicopter at Radok Lake", November 1969. In {{Citation | author1=Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Club | title=Aurora | journal=Aurora (Melbourne, Vic.) | date=1954 | publisher=ANARE Club | issn=0004-8089 }}</ref> During the seventies he traveled and photographed around Australia, in Europe, Russia, Asia and the Arctic and, along with his photographs from the Antarctic, he exhibited that work in 'Lifestyles and Landscapes' at PSC over July 1980.<ref>''The Age'' Monday 14 Jul 1980, p. 17</ref> By late 1977 there were 250 students enrolled,<ref>{{Citation|title=Light vision|date=October 1977|publisher=Light Quest Publications|issn=0314-867X}}</ref> and the institution was an employer of career photographers including lecturers John Cato, videographer Phillip Ashton,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486861|title=Philip Ashton Video. - People and organisations|website=Trove|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> landscape photographer John Riches,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/2554/|title=John RICHES {{!}} Artists {{!}} NGV|website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref><ref>John Riches quoted in 'Students queue to study photography,' ''The Age'', careers advertising supplement, Friday 31 Jul 1981, p. 21</ref><ref name=":4">'A vital way of putting people in the picture,' in ''The Age'' Friday, 2 Jan 1987 p. 25</ref> and Ted Keogh,<ref>''The Age''Friday 6 Jan 1984, p. 13</ref> by tutors Philip Quirk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,Philip%20Quirk&tab=default_tab&group=ALL&vid=MAIN&search_scope=Everything|title=State Library of Victoria Collection search|last=Quirk|first=Philip|website=search.slv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=[Biographical cuttings on Philip Quirk, photographer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]|date=1900|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/45589205|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> Ian Cherchi and later Sandra Irvine who all trained at Prahran College,<ref>'A career built on a camera,' in ''The Age'', Friday 4 Jan 1985, p. 22</ref> and Jean-Marc Le Pechoux, founder/editor of ''Light Vision.'' In mid 1978 the school was advertising that its courses 'For a Professional Career' were the first to be recognised by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography.<ref>Advertisement, ''The Age'', Wednesday 31 May 1978, p. 16</ref><ref>'Training for the new craft,' in ''The Age'', 16 Apr 1987, p. 40</ref><ref>Bruce Connelly, 'Home movies for the family,' ''The Age''Friday 8 Jan 1982, p. 33</ref>
An early innovation of the course was that the first semester students were required to use colour transparency film exclusively, to encourage in-camera composition and to learn correct exposure without the cropping and adjustment enabled in black-and-white processing and printing which was reserved to second semester.<ref name=":3">Sue Goss, 'A passion that clicked,' ''The Age'' Tuesday, 28 April 1998</ref> The use of colour 'slides' lent itself to the teaching of programmed multi-projector audio visuals.<ref name=":5">Tony Perry 'Picture display gives camera artistry new perspective,' in ''The Age'', Tuesday, 30 January 1979, p. 2</ref> Tutorial reviews of students' progress in their photography was conducted weekly.<ref>'Photography offers a career in modern communications,' in ''The Age'', Thursday 31 Jul 1986, p. 25</ref> A program of visiting lecturers including photojournalist Graham Bezant, and fashion and advertising professionals Robert Imhoff,<ref name=":5" /> John Street, Peter Walton and Michael Wennrich was introduced to augment the teaching program.<ref name=":4"/>
=== Name change === In July 1978 the name had been changed to 'Photography Studies College' supported in marketing by the adoption of a distinctive lens-aperture logo (which, in 2020, it still uses) and more modern typeface, and it advertised full-time and part-time courses in "Photojournalism, Expressive Art Photography, Advertising and Fashion Illustration,<ref>''The Age'' Thursday, May 30, 1991, p. 47</ref> or Audio-Visual Production" with no formal academic qualifications required for entry into its summer and winter semester intakes of both school leavers and mature-age students.<ref name=":3"/>
=== 1980s === One of the college audio-visual productions of this period was 'A Taste of Life', a "sensitive illustration of life for the disabled" which was presented as part of the Moomba Festival program of 1981, utilising the carousel slide projector.<ref>"Moomba program", ''The Age'' Saturday 7 March 1981, p. 12</ref> The college enjoyed relationships with 1990s organisations including a school for autistic children, the Police Training Academy, the Royal Children's Hospital and the Gertrude Street Artists' Space which each granted students access and permission to photograph.<ref name=":2">Peter Davis, 'Shooting with rapport', ''The Age'' Green Guide, Thursday, 4 Oct 1990, p. 49</ref> The college maintained a rural retreat on a property between Faraday and Chewton for weekend classes away from Melbourne,<ref>'Photography college shows students a whole new world,' in ''The Age'', Thursday 30 May 1991, p. 42</ref> and in the mid-80s, Hayne conducted photographic expeditions to the Middle East and China for groups of students.<ref>'Middle East study tour', ''The Age'', Wednesday, 17 December 1986, p. 27</ref>
An 'advertorial' in ''The Age'' newspaper in March 1983 promoted College courses in videography, announcing that "the video revolution is upon us".<ref>''The Age'', Monday, 21 Mar 1983, p. 34</ref> Staff member Sue Scales, interviewed for a 1985 advertising feature emphasised the size of the photography industry with an Australian national annual turnover of $1376 million and noted that the college had a "faculty of nine full-time and part-time lecturers...drawn from both the profession and the arts."<ref>''The Age'', Friday, 2 August 1985</ref> Typical fees for a college course such as video in the 1980s was $A500.<ref>Patrick Hayes, 'How to learn to make a TV film', in ''The Age'', Thursday 4 Aug 1983, p. 52</ref> By the end of the 1980s the college was in competition with five other public and private institutions, including ACPAC which was started by ex-PSC lecturers Perry and Riches, that were offering tertiary-level photography courses.<ref>Greg Neville, 'Colleges make their distinctive impacts,' in ''The Age'', Wednesday 7 Dec 1988, p. 14</ref> Its annual graduate exhibition was attracting attention, and critic Gary Catalano in 1985 hailed a show of thirteen final year and recently graduated women students as "the best exhibition of photography I have seen for a long time", with special praise for "a concern with intimate experience" in works by Chris Barry, Claire Jackson, Stephanie Stead, Josephine Kuperholz and Seham Abi-Elias.<ref>Gary Catalano, 'Meditations on the continuance of life,' in ''The Age'' Wednesday, 18 September 1985, p. 14</ref>
=== 1990s === Hayne remained director into the 1990s.<ref>'College aims to get you into the picture with photography career' in ''The Age'', Friday 12 Jan 1996, p. 23</ref> From April 1986,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://training.gov.au/Organisation/DetailsPrint?OrganisationId=8d33b130-847b-4dd5-9bb0-07db463be20e&Format=pdf&displayHistory=true&showImplicitScope=False|title=RTO Report: Photography Holdings Pty Ltd|date=2016|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> Chief Executive Officer of PSC was Julie Moss, who continues in the position. They secured sponsorship from the firm Agfa-Gevaert, starting February 1989, to offer a part-scholarship for photographic materials to selected College students.<ref>Advertisement, ''The Age'', Wednesday 22 Feb 1989, p. 2</ref> During the 1990s Moss established the first formal credit transfer arrangement between a private vocational college and a university, a move supported by Dr Robin Williams,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126954792 |title=PERSPECTIVE |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=67 |issue=21,031 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=11 November 1992 |access-date=27 August 2019 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> then Dean of RMIT. Up until 2013 (when PSC began to deliver its own bachelor's degree course) the arrangement enabled PSC Advanced Diploma graduates to articulate into a Degree in Photography at RMIT,<ref name=":0">AIPP JOURNAL .ISSUE 246 / OCTOBER 2016. pp. 22-23. Pt 78 Pty Ltd</ref><ref>Carolyn Rance, 'Horses for the courses, name of the game,' ''The Age'' Education Supplement, Tuesday, 7 May 1996</ref> and PSC became the first private Australian college authorised to provide photographic education to international students. Moss improved the professional viability of college courses by liaising with industry bodies<ref>{{Citation | title=College that clicks with students and industry.(Supplement) | journal=The Age (Melbourne, Australia) | date=2017-04-26 | publisher=Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited | pages=29 | issn=0312-6307 }}</ref> the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers to create key pathways into the industry including a mentoring program established in 1993.<ref name=":0" /> By the end of the decade the cost of the Diploma in Illustrative Photography had risen to $8,000 per annum, with additional expense for equipment and materials.<ref>Carolyn Webb, 'Preparing for a life behind the lens,' in ''The Age'', Tuesday 12 May 1998, p. 20</ref>
=== Twenty-first century === The school occupied its original buildings at 61-63 City Road and also the adjoining buildings at 65–67 City Road, Southbank (previously South Melbourne) up until December 2019. In January 2020 the college moved to new purpose-built facilities, increasing its size, at 37-47 Thistlethwaite St, South Melbourne.
In 2013 PSC began offering a fully accredited three-year Bachelor of Photography programme, and in 2018 PSC commenced delivery of a fully accredited 18-month Master of Arts Photography programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/national-register/provider/photography-holdings-pty-ltd|title=Photography Holdings Pty Ltd|first=Tertiary Education Quality and Standards|last=Agency|date=3 November 2017|website=www.teqsa.gov.au}}</ref> It is a dual sector provider of Higher Education and VET Programs, and is a fully accredited Higher Education provider and Registered Training Organisation. The college is a member of Independent Higher Education Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ihea.edu.au/members-directory/photography-studies-college/|title=Photography Studies College|website=Independent Higher Education Aus|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>
== Administration ==
* CEO - Julie Moss<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YY-wDwAAQBAJ&dq=julie+moss+psc&pg=PA76|title=Entrepreneurs Creating Educational Innovation: Case Studies From Australia|first=Laura|last=Hougaz|date=18 September 2019|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=9783030286552|via=Google Books}}</ref> * Dean of Photography Studies - Daniel Boetker-Smith.<ref>Wilson, Colette E. (2008) Photography & Cultural Memory: Four Contemporary Photographers. Cultural Memory Conference: Forgetting to Remember/Remembering to Forget, Conference 10–12 September. Exhibition 10 Sept to 28 October 2008, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Number of pieces: 36. Paper-based catalogue. {{ISBN|978-1-902671-58-1}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/12/best-of-2019-daniel-boetker-smith/|title=Best of 2019: Daniel Boetker-Smith | 1854 Photography|website=www.bjp-online.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaultmagazine.com/backissues/issue28_contributors.php|title=Vault · Australasian Art & Culture Magazine · Issue 27 Contributors|website=www.vaultmagazine.com}}</ref> * Master of Arts - Photography, Coordinator - Dr. Kristian Häggblom<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccp.org.au/exhibitions/all/tsuka-an-exhibition-of-contemporary-japanese-photography|title=Tsuka: An Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Photography / Centre for Contemporary Photography|website=ccp.org.au}}</ref> * Art Photography Coordinators - Sarina Lirosi,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.langford120.com.au/sarina-lirosi.html|title=Sarina Lirosi|website=www.langford120.com.au}}</ref> Dr. Hoda Afshar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milanigallery.com.au/artist/hoda-afshar?do=cv|title=Hoda Afshar | Milani Gallery|website=milanigallery.com.au}}</ref> * Commercial Photography Coordinator - Mia Mala McDonald<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2018/june/1527775200/erik-jensen/hotel-golf|title=Hotel Golf|date=1 June 2018|website=The Monthly}}</ref> * Photojournalism/Documentary Photography Coordinator - Dr. Kristian Häggblom<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCWADwAAQBAJ&dq=kristian+haggblom&pg=PA202|title=Pacific Exposures: Photography and the Australia–Japan Relationship|first1=Melissa|last1=Miles|first2=Robin|last2=Gerster|date=19 December 2018|publisher=ANU Press|isbn=9781760462550|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Lecturers==
=== Guest lecturers and Mentors === Guest Lecturers and Mentors at PSC include: * Susan Bright * Dayanita Singh * Adi Nes * Martin Parr * Richard Billingham * Bryan Schutmaat * Jonathan Shaw * Mathieu Asselin * Clare Strand
=== Past lecturers ===
* John Cato *Jean-Marc Le Pechoux *Michael Rayner
==Awards/achievements== * Graduating students earned Institute of Australian Professional Photographers Student of the Year Award in 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2013, 2016, 2018<ref>{{cite news | title=Turn a hobby into a career | newspaper=The Age | date=3 January 1986 | page=15}}</ref> *In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 PSC was awarded the national award for educational excellence by both peak photography industry bodies in Australia - the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers and the Association of Australian Commercial & Media Photographers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anzphotobookaward.com/auphotobookawards-results-ALL|title=Australia & New Zealand Photo Book Award - All Results|website=www.anzphotobookaward.com}}</ref> (now amalgamated with AIPP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.capturemag.com.au/latest/aipp-swallows-acmp|title=AIPP swallows ACMP - Capture magazine|website=www.capturemag.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> *In 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 PSC took part in the Australian Government's SES (Student Experience Survey)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/institutions/list/institution/photography-studies-college|title=Photography Studies College (Melbourne)|website=www.qilt.edu.au}}</ref> regularly achieving the highest scores nationally in the Creative Arts category in a number of areas inc.: Overall quality of educational experience; Teaching quality; Learner engagement; Learning resources; Student support; Skills development.
==Alumni== * Joyce Evans
==Courses== The college offers Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Bachelor's degree, and Masters courses in Photography in both full-time and part-time modes with Advanced Diploma, Bachelor, and Masters courses being exclusive to PSC.
All courses are formally and officially accredited nationally. The college has two intakes in February and July for most courses. It also offers short and online courses and workshops in photography, video, professional practice, and book-making.
Application for enrolment in the Bachelor programme is made directly to the college or through VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtac.edu.au/courses-inst/institutions/psc.html|title=Photography Studies College - VTAC|website=www.vtac.edu.au|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>
All other courses are via direct application to the college.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://psc.edu.au/}}
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