Faculty of Art
Photography
In the Photography program, students learn skills from darkroom to digital photography. Unlike some other photography programs, which focus on commercial photography, OCAD U’s Photography program is more artistic and experimental.
Photography
Zain Bhanapatel
“My art seeks to forge pathways towards a world that embraces diversity, honours complexity, and stands in pursuit of empowerment for all. ”
Photography
Emily Guitar
“Emily Guitar is a lens-based artist based in Toronto, exploring mental health, feminism, and sex work. Inspired by her experiences with addiction and sex work, as well as her research on the history of sex work and mental health treatments, Guitar... More”
Photography
Stephen Della Casa
“Introducing Stephen Della Casa: A Lens-Based Artist Dedicated to Documenting Social and Environmental Issues in Canada and Europe. More”
Photography
Sacha Nicolaou
“to forgive - to change, submit, accept - beginnings and endings - how can we move forward, how can we forgive? ”
Photography
Brynn Murphy
“I think there is something beautiful worth noticing in the most overlooked things around us. Everything is worth documenting and remembering in its own way, and photography offers the perfect medium to do so. ”
Photography
Amara King
“Amara draws inspiration from her Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Indigenous ancestry, with roots in Jamaica and St. Vincent, along with a newfound connection to Trinidad. Her artistic mission is to amplify the voices, realities, and richness of Caribbean... More”
Photography
Ernesto Cabral de Luna aka. abrokeniris
“My BFA thesis project "Mining For Some Sort of Continuity" interrogates repercussions of colonization: primarily the constraints on movement across borders. The series encompasses archival and documentary image transfers onto various scrap... More”
Photography
Enzo Earl Chen
“Frays is my BFA thesis project, reflecting and redefining myself and my cultural background from a third-person perspective. The inspiration for this book came from a passage I read in a book one day: "Only those with memories have roots." ”
Photography
Kareena Mistry
“In the heart of my BFA thesis project, "Family Matters" lies a simple yet powerful mission: to capture and celebrate the memories of the Mistry family and those closest to me. Using black-and-white documentary-style photography, along with candid... More”
Photography
Alex Rojas
“For my thesis project I have created and curated 4 Projects; “In The Void”, “Adrenaline”, “Idiosyncratic Spectacles”, and a Video project “Trampoline Is…”. These projects work together to give an insight into the perspective of a high-performance... More”
Photography
Delali Cofie
“I sought to discover the weight of self, to confront the full extent of my being. Understanding that I am the toll of my history, the accumulation of not just my experiences but of them who came before, to whom I am linked. ”
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2023/2024!