Blog post 6: Ola Teper – visiting speaker
Photographer
Ola Teper is a photographic artist who studied their Photography BA(Hons) at the University of Brighton, before moving on to study for their MA Photography, also at UoB.
Ola Teper website link – https://www.olateper.com
It was interesting to see their work from the end of their BA, through to the MA, and where it stands now, at the beginning of the PhD they have been accepted on. Ola spoke about how they became a practitioner of photography, and that was realised specifically through doing the MA. Ola reiterated the importance of community within the course and how taking advantage of feedback from your peers is extremely beneficial when working through your MA and developing your practice further.
They also described how community can be born through practice and collaboration, especially through sharing resources and workspaces. Having communication with fellow students helps to contextualise your work and push you further forward into your practice. This in turn will stand you in good stead for the future, where community and feedback may not be as accessible.
Listening to Ola speak about her decision to follow on to the MA course prompted me to do some research on the UoB MA course, and postgraduate study in general – https://www.brighton.ac.uk/courses/study/photography-ma.aspx
