About the Graduate Photography Program

MassArt’s two-year MFA in Photography, established in the 1980s, embraces the medium as a means of expression and critical research. Experimentation within and without the traditions of lens-based images, bookmaking, contemporary criticism, and the history of photography are all integral to the experience. The welcoming atmosphere in the small, tight-knit community, in combination with first-rate facilities, provides an environment where students converse and experiment as they strive to explore the medium’s possibilities and push its boundaries. Students are afforded opportunities to exhibit their work on campus as well as off campus at MassArt x SoWa, the College’s graduate gallery in Boston’s art and design district. The faculty are dedicated, generous educators who are also renowned, award-winning artists, including Barbara Bosworth (faculty emerita), Matthew Connors, David Hillard, Billie Mandle, Laura McPhee, Matthew Monteith, Abelardo Morell (faculty emeritus), and Amani Willett. Former graduate students teach and exhibit around the globe, actively contributing to the world of contemporary photography. Alumni include Clint Baclawski, Claire Beckett, Tabitha Barnard, Dan Boardman, Claudio Eshun, Qinrui Hua, Kathya Maria Landeros, Brittany Marcoux, Fabiola Menchelli, Eduardo Rivera, Irina Rozovsky, Stephen Tourlentes, and Zhidong Zhang.

“This generous gift to our future students will encourage the exploration of new ideas in the ever-evolving medium of photography,” said Laura McPhee, Professor and Program Director of the MFA in Photography Program. “Linked inextricably to new developments in visual technology and to the way we see the contemporary world, photography in the hands of our students will be used to engender art that reflects and critiques the society in which they find themselves.” 

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