FULL PROGRAM IN PHOTOGRAPHY 2025/2026
Head of Department: Pedro Tropa
Full two-year programme dedicated to the learning and development of technical and creative skills in photography. The photographic camera; shooting; black and white Lab work; digital photography; lighting; color in photography; alternative analog techniques and processes. History of photography and Projects. Progressive and personalized attention is given to the participants’ work with a special emphasis on the development of authorial and artistic projects.
Further development by applying to Advanced Course in Photography and Individual Project and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts or other.
Staff: António Rebolo, Gonçalo Salema, José Soudo, João Paulo Serafim, Arlinda Lopes, Daniel Malhão, Pedro Tropa, Diana Marques and guest teachers.
Fee 10 x 230€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx.20 pax.
Disciplines
Notes
More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
enrolment form: https://arco.pt/site/download/pdf/108
Attachments schedule
Fee 10 x 225€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission Photography 1 or equivalent training. Portfolio presentation. Interview.
Disciplines
Notes
More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments schedule
Price 1 session: 10€; 10 sessions 90€; Former students and Ar.Co students: 1 session: 6€; 10 sessions 54€€;
Schedule Monday to thursday from 14h to 17h
Type occasional
Program
On-campus (by appointment)
Ar.Co’s photography labs are open by appointment both for students and for outside participants with enough technical knowledge of photography. A Teaching Assistant from the department will provide technical assistance.
Alternative Processes in Photography I1.
Date 14 Nov 2025 to 13 Feb 2026
Price 430€ + 43€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 10h00 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Alternative processes in Photography I is an essential complement to the study of photography and an introduction to less conventional modes of image production. In this first module, that precedes Alternative Processes in Photography II, we will approach the techniques of Cyanotypes and Anthotypes.
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Photography Workshop: Digital Lab I
Date 23 Fev to18 Mai 2026
Price 430€ + 43€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Mondays from 10h00 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes
Digital Lab 1 approaches the techniques of shooting and editing of digital images in parallel with the study of analog photography, departing from the idea that these two technologies are similar and have common principles. Preparing the digital camera for shooting, use and optimization of the menus and presets. Managing and processing the different types of files for post-production in Photoshop. This course precedes Digital Lab II
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Price 370€ + 37€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 10h00 to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Alternative Processes II deals with demanding techniques of photographic printing: Salted paper and Gum bichromate. These printing techniques have a strong expressive, technological and experimental component, essential for the study of the different ways of photography making.
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FULL PROGRAM IN PHOTOGRAPHY 2025/2026
Head of Department: Pedro Tropa
Full two-year evening programne dedicated to the learning and development of technical and creative skills in photography. The Evening Course is formed by a sequence of intensive technical and thematic workshops that will act as the framework of the participants’ practice and production. Progressive and personalized attention is given to the individual work, with a strong emphasis on the development of authorial and artistic projects.
Further development: Advanced Course in Photography and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts and/or Individual Project.
Staff: António Rebolo, Gonçalo Salema, José Soudo, João Paulo Serafim, Arlinda Lopes, Daniel Malhão, Pedro Tropa and guest teachers.
Fee 10 x 240€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx.20 pax.
Disciplines
Notes More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments schedule
Evening Course Photography 2 (EV)
Dates 6 Oct 2025 to 19 Jun 2026
Fee 10 x 230€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments until 15th September)
Admission Photography 1 or equivalent training. Portfolio presentation. Interview.
Disciplines
Notes
Attachments Schedule
Alternative Processes in Photography I.
Date 14 Nov 2025 to 13 Feb 2026
Price 430€ + 43€ (Enrolment) + 2,50 (Insurance)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment.
Schedule Fridays from 18h to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Alternative processes in Photography I is an essential complement to the study of photography and an introduction to less conventional modes of image production. In this first module, that precedes Alternative Processes in Photography II, we will approach the techniques of cyanotypes and Anthotypes.
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Therory Course: The Photographic Image
Date 2 Dec 2025 to 3 Fev 2026
Price 290€ + 29€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (ins)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx. 30 pax.
Schedule Tuesdays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Photographic culture in the artistic and documental context of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will develop study and observation habits regarding the photographic image, distinguishing between the different contexts of its production, its various uses and its authors.
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Workshop: Structure, Sequences and Series
Date 3 Dec 2025 to 4 Feb 2026
Price 290€ + 29€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Wednesdays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Conceiving, inventing and bringing into practice the structures of photographic works and projects. Outlining the ways in which the groups and series can be thought out. What secrets lie behind the photographic structures? Practical exercises and discussion of case studies.
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Photography Workshop: Digital Lab I (evening)
Date 24 Feb to 19 May 2026
Price 430€ + 43€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Tuesday from 18h to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes
Digital Lab 1 approaches the techniques of shooting and editing of digital images in parallel with the study of analog photography, departing from the idea that these two technologies are similar and have common principles. Preparing the digital camera for shooting, use and optimization of the menus and presets. Managing and processing the different types of files for post-production in Photoshop.
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Theory Course: Methods of making.
Date 25 Feb to 13 May 2026
Price 270€ + 27€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (Insurance)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment. Máx. 35 pax.
Schedule Wednesdays from 18h to 20h
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes
The specificity of photography in the forms of artistic and documentary production. Analysis of themes and authors whose works mark different postures in contemporary photography.
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Workshop: Alternative Processes
Date 27 Feb to 15 May 2026
Price 370€ + 37€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 18h to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Alternative Processes II deals with demanding techniques of photographic printing: Salted paper and Gum bichromate. These printing techniques have a strong expressive, technological and experimental component, essential for the study of the different ways of photography making.
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PWorkshop: Ephemeral Photography
Date 4 Mar to 8 Apr 2026
Price 190€ + 19€ (Insc) + 0,75€ (Seg)
Schedule Wednesdays form 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes
This workshop is dedicated to the study and practical reflection of the pre-historic and proto-historic times of photography. Historical and practical context of the "photographer's media". We will analyze practical examples of sensitizing and exposing latent images on paper without the fixing process.
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Workshop: Books and other editions
Date 20 Apr to 8 Jun 2026
Price 290€ + 29€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (Insurance)
Schedule Mondays from 18h00 to 21h00
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Reinventing editorial modes through various types of publications: books, field diaries, folding leaflets, postcards, etc. Students will take their work into the universe of editing and publishing, creating their own series and ways of sequencing. Exploring various materials and techniques through folding, collage and the cutting and mounting of paper, experimenting with different types of layout, construction and binding.
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