Visual Storytelling Intensive is a bundle of three Open Education courses, providing intermediate and advanced photographers with a structured environment to acquire essential knowledge, techniques, and artistic insights for creating and effectively publishing documentary essays through visual storytelling.
Ethically and socially conscious storytellers document human experience with the aim of informing or challenging perceptions, sharing their unique perspectives creatively. Through a blend of lectures, assignments, critique sessions, workshops focused on visual storytelling, and lively class discussions, students delve into the ethical, social, and visual dimensions of the genre. They study methodologies employed by industry leaders and embark on developing their own long-term documentary projects.
The program is flexible, allowing students to complete it entirely online, onsite, or through a mix of both formats.
Topics of study include:
- Identifying and developing story ideas
- Research and investigation
- Building authentic community ties
- Ethical and responsible photography
- Image selection and sequencing
- Textual components and approaches of visual storytelling in photography
- Documentary photography best practices and strategies
Expected Outcomes:
- Understand the social and ethical aspects of working with and photographing people when creating documentary photography
- Create meaningful personal documentary projects
- Develop your portfolio and personal style
Special Benefits:
- Official ICP digital visual storytelling certificate (see requirements below)
- $150 total savings after completing all courses
- Exclusive early registration period before each term
- ICP One Year Certificates Programs application fees waived
Program Structure
Framework & Courses
Important Notes
Prerequisites
The Visual Storytelling Intensive is an intermediate-advanced program: You are comfortable using your camera, whether film or digital, and with your photographic practice. You have experience using Adobe applications such as Lightroom or Photoshop. You may want to understand how to utilize your camera in a more thoughtful and articulate way, practice creative methodologies, or learn how to utilize theoretical concepts in relation to your portfolio of work for photography storytelling workshops. Students must meet the prerequisites of each course they register for as part of the program.
Tuition
Enrollment to the Visual Storytelling Intensive is open throughout the year. Once enrolled, students may select their preferred courses (see ‘Register for Upcoming Courses’ above). Use the ‘Enroll in Intensive’ button below to submit your online application form (no preparations are needed).
Depending on students’ course selection, the total tuition can range between $1375–$2640 and includes:
• A non-refundable registration fee of $300
• The discounted fees of the selected and studied courses. Courses’ fees range between $430–925 and enrolled students receive $150 discounts on each of their courses (total discount of $450).
As a limited promotion, ICP may approve and credit courses previously taken at ICP towards completion of the Intensive, and adjust the registration fee and remaining discounts accordingly (see Special Promotion).
Certification
Students must pass all required courses before receiving ICP certification via Credly. All courses must be completed within a period of 1-year from the date of registration (excluding approved past courses). Once a student completes the requirements, a request for the certificate should be submitted using the button below.
