The Master of Arts in Photography at LABA Valencia aims to explore contemporary practices and the creative possibilities of photography, with a particular focus on fashion and editorial. The Master allows students to learn about trends in fashion, culture, editorial, photojournalism and art by working in collaboration with globally prestigious publishers and agencies: SCHÖN! Magazine, the European reference magazine in fashion and trends; prestigious photographers, art directors and curators, along with Magnum Photos, the most important photojournalism agency in the world.
The master’s degree is aimed at students and professionals interested in exploring the contemporary practices and creative possibilities of photography; lifestyle publishing in fashion and trends, art direction and visual strategy.
Postgraduate Diploma of Higher Education in Photography by LABA Valencia and validated by Coventry University. It is supported by academics and professionals working across a range of media and fields in Europe and the UK. Written by the photography team at Coventry University and adapted by incorporating the vast experience of the Italian University LABA in undergraduate and postgraduate photography programmes, this MA builds on the various established connections that make LABA Valencia an ideal place to advance your photographic career.
2026 EDITION
October 2026
100% face-to-face
Monday to Wednesday afternoons
Teaching language: English
180 UK credits
Enrolment: 12,900 €
Option of mobility scholarships of up to 1000 €.
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PROGRAMME
1st four-month period
We will begin the first term of the master’s degree by developing the fundamentals of our work and photographic production. Guided by Ismael Chappaz, director of the contemporary art gallery HOUSE OF CHAPPAZ, together with the photographer specialising in fashion and documentary Carlos de La Reina, we will face the challenges and techniques of editorial publishing. We will also delve with creative director Sergio Arribas into the milestones in the history of fashion and editorial. With Odie Senesh, director of ODDD and managing editor of Schön Switzerland Magazine, we will experience new techniques and trends in art direction, combining fashion, art and technology in visually appealing narratives.
2nd four-month period
In the second quarter, guided by photographer Pablo Casino and in collaboration with the Magnum Photos Agency, we will carry out a collaborative project with a social focus, exploring social and cultural identities, a photographic production that will culminate in a group exhibition.
In addition, together with photographer Vincent Urbani, we will start planning our final project, outlining the practice, research and structure of the project. In parallel, with the image researcher Celia Cuenca, we will delve into the research methods that can help us to develop our Final Major Project.
3er four-month period
In the third quarter we will carry out a photographic production accompanied by Álvaro Peñalta and Nacho Ramón, founders and creative directors of the Súper Fuerte studio, to respond to the brief that will be presented and reviewed by Raoul Keil, director of Schön! Magazine, one of the most renowned in contemporary fashion trends and photography, who will be able to choose one of the best works to be published in the magazine.
With Vincent Urbani, we will define our positions as photographers within the many areas and trends of photography, and reflect on how our gaze can contribute to the understanding of the world. Finally, each student will carry out the Final Major Project. Students will have to independently manage a project of their own choice and will enjoy a high degree of autonomy.
Creative Director: @odie_senesh
| Photographer: @hadrielgonzalez | Stylist: @jordanalexanderbryant | Nail Artist: @clawedbylacreme | Model: @samanthafeldmanhands | Fashion Editor: @magumaguna | Editor in Chief: @odyssia ___________________ Nailz for @schonswitzerland
FACULTY
Cristina Casanova
directora of the MA
Directora de LABA Valencia. Responsable de las líneas y programas académicos, diseño y comunicación y exposiciones.
Fotógrafa, artista visual y sonora, con exposiciones y premios internacionales en Barcelona, Madrid, Sydney, Maracaibo, Londres, París, Lisboa, Lima, York, Calgary, Beijing, Johannesburgo, Bruselas, Chicago, México, etc.
Licenciada en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Barcelona – Fotografía, cine y vídeo – (1987) Máster Europeo en Medios de Comunicación + Máster en Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra (1995-97), y postgrado en Programación Orientada a Multimedia en la UPF (2002).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristinacasanovaseuma/
Vincent Urbani
Vincent Urbani teaches and coordinates the BA (HONS) degree in Photography and Video at LABA Valencia. Fashion and advertising photographer and video maker specialized in portraits and editorial productions, his photographs have appeared in numerous international publications such as Vogue Italia, The New York Magazine, Interview Germany, Schön! UK, Neo2, Blau Art Magazine, A Part Magazine Paris and DXI Magazine. Vincent Urbani has worked on advertising campaigns for international brands such as Dolce e Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Levi’s, Crocs, Nespresso, Olay, Flos, Wella and Lladró.
Ismael Chappaz
director of House of Chappaz
Founder and director of the contemporary art gallery House of Chappaz, which grew out of the evolution of his previous design studio/gallery Espai Tactel, since its founding in 2011.
House of Chappaz is among the top ten young galleries in the country, with a presence in international contemporary art fairs, with artists – including photographers such as Natacha Lesueur and Christto & Andrew – exhibiting in major national and international institutions and selling to the best foundations and museums…
Carlos de la Reina
fotógrafo de moda, retrato y documental
Carlos de la Reina es un fotógrafo de moda y documental, afincado en Nueva York y Barcelona. Mientras cursaba sus estudios en Publicidad y RRPP Carlos empezó a ayudar a algunos fotógrafos de renombre en la industria de la moda y poco después se trasladó a Londres y Nueva York, donde se ha establecido por muchos años.
Ha colaborado con cabeceras como Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Rolling Stone, Numero, Capitol Records y trabajado en campañas para Anthropologie, Mango, Chloe, Net a Porter, Pepe Jeans, Elie Saab, Urban Outfitters y Massimo Dutti entre otros.
Sergio Arribas
Art & Content Manager in Lladró's global marketing department.
A creative director, he began his career working in the media, specialising in design and trends. After several years in the education sector, as a teacher and communications director at the IED Moda Lab Madrid and TAI creative schools, he has dedicated the last few years to the fashion and luxury sector. He curated the launch campaign for Zara’s online store in the United States. Since 2017 he has been part of the collective Existence Research Program, developing projects that bring together fashion, art and technology.
Alvaro Peñalta / Natxo Ramón
Creative-art directors of the Súper Fuerte studio.
Creative-art directors of the Súper Fuerte studio. Their client portfolio includes renowned brands such as Netflix, Universal, the Spanish Government’s Ministry of Equality, Ajuntament de València and Visa. They are passionate about developing personal projects with an artistic approach to editorial-style photography, which have been featured on Behance and other specialist media such as Wetransfer, Adobe Create, Domestika, Yorokobu, Fubiz, Neo2, Vein, Metal Magazine and Kaltblut.
Odie Senesh
Editor at Large of Schon Switzerland & Founder of oddd_creatives
Creative and art director known for bringing bold, elegant, and high-impact imagery to the brands, platforms, and organizations with whom she works.
Passionate about art, fashion, and marketing, Odie has over 15 years of experience as an art director, producer, and marketer leading projects of written and visual content for multinational companies, magazines, and digital platforms in freelance, consultancy, and in-house roles. She has produced fashion editorials, campaigns, and PR content for leading fashion publications and other prominent media outlets and curated content and art for cultural events, retailers, galleries, artists, and musicians for clients such as Coco Rocha, Beate Karlsson, Laurel Charleston, Schon Magazine, The Julliard School, WIX, and Lotta Volkova.
Odile Iturraspe
Fashion stylist and consultant
Odile Iturraspe is renowned internationally for her work as a fashion stylist and consultant. Her approach is strikingly modern, rooted in Dance, Arts and observation; creating a distinct effect across editorial stories, fashion shows, advertising campaigns, e-commerce, catalogues and personal styling. She has worked with such prominent publications as 10, Harper’s, Vogue, Elle, Esquires, L’Officiel. Odile works with brands on developing and producing innovative creative assets to deliver their content and brand strategy as Bruno Magli, Levi’s, Reebok, Zara, Melissa Shoes, among others. Odile is currently based in New York and works worldwide.
Pablo Casino
Especializado en fotografía documental y director de Novedades Casino
Pablo Casino, licenciado en Historia del Arte desde 2007 por la Universidad de Valencia y estudios de fotografía en la EASD. En 2011, publicó a través de Doctornopo su primer foto libro, “Voramar”. En 2012, se instaló en Bruselas, donde comenzó su formación en Diseño de libros y papel en la École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels La Cambre. Realizó varias autoediciones y en 2013 su libro Voramar fue incluido en la muestra del Museo Reina Sofía “Libros que son fotos, fotos que son libros”. En 2014, inició junto a Ricardo Cases la propuesta CASA, una propuesta pedagógica que cuenta con la particularidad de desarrollarse en la propia CASA del fotógrafo.
En 2016, creó Novedades Casino en Valencia, un espacio que dedica especial atención a la imagen local en todas sus manifestaciones. Ese mismo año, publicó “Barespagnol”, premiado en 2017 en PHotoEspaña como el mejor libro autoeditado y presente también en la muestra del CCCB Fenómeno Fotolibro. También en 2017, inició el proyecto de fotografía participativa Vosté Dirà sobre los diferentes barrios de la ciudad de Valencia.
Blanca Sanfélix
Fundadora de la editorial Tapas Duras
Diseñadora y fotógrafa. Estudia Bellas Artes en la UPV y en la Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie de Varsovia. Después de estudiar un master en Diseño Gráfico y Comunicación, trabaja en distintos estudios de Valencia. Ha publicado numerosos libros de fotografía.
Fundadora y directora, junto con Ana R. Leiva y Laura Donate, de la editorial valenciana Tapas Duras, con la que cultival la pasión por el formato impreso, especialmente el del libro, sin negar el valor de otros formatos. Al reto de combinar diseño y fotografía, lo hacen como deseo de dar salida a sus propias publicaciones y abordar proyectos ajenos relacionados con los dos campos.
“Tapas Duras es una actitud, creemos necesario exponer y publicar proyectos cuyas ideas enriquezcan el panorama editorial. Consideramos estar en un momento en el que se necesita inspiración, análisis y un montón de enfoques alternativos.”
Celia Cuenca
Docente e investigadora
Celia Cuenca se licenció en Bellas Artes en la Universidad de San Carlos de Valencia y estudió Diseño y Dirección de Arte en Barcelona, donde trabajó varios años para empresas del sector cultural y la moda, y realizando sus prácticas como directora de arte en la agencia de publicidad SCPF. A su regreso a Valencia siguió trabajando para diferentes empresas de publicidad como Dissident Marketing o Éxit Up. Actualmente, combina la docencia en LABA VALENCIA con la investigación. En su proyecto de tesis, se centra en el estudio del diseño de producción del cine contemporáneo y en el poder de la imagen como generadora de contenido. Además, sigue trabajando como directora de arte y diseñadora gráfica de manera independiente en el mundo de la imagen audiovisual y el videoclip.
Collaborators: Publishers, agencies
Schön! Magazine
Schön! Magazine is one of the most prestigious fashion and trend magazines, based in London and reflecting the global scale of the most cutting-edge creative community since 2009. It showcases the top celebrities, high fashion, art and culture that make our world so extraordinary, both in glossy print and on a transmedia digital platform. Schön! Magazine has collaborated with internationally renowned photographers and designers including Martin Parr, Lorenzo Meloni, Pablo Tosco, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Myke Towers and Reina Nishimura. It has a daily reach of 1.4 million people and more than 750,000 unique monthly online visitors.
Magnum Photos
The Magnum Photos agency is one of the most prestigious and renowned in the world. Its founders include Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour and George Rodger. The agency has offices in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. Its photographic archive contains more than a million images ranging from lifestyle, family, religion and culture to war, poverty… The Magnum Photos agency has a great prestige in the field of social and fashion photography, as it has been witnessed and protagonist of some of the most relevant and transcendent moments in the history and culture of the 20th and 21st century.
collaborators: Styling - Showrooms international fashion brands
Vía comunicación
Via Comunicacion is a full-service public relations and communication agency, located in Madrid and operating national and international wide. We represent international fashion brands offering new, effective and strategic ideas in order to establish them into the Spanish market and medias. Our team is made up of creative, energetic, dedicated and communication professionals with a great experience in the fashion industry.
https://www.viacomunicacion.com/
https://www.instagram.com/viacomunicacion/
EBRA showroom
PR & Communication | Showroom | Influencers Marketing | Events & Production
Threading ideas, spinning projects, combining brand and talent
https://www.instagram.com/ebraestudio
Lecua Showroom
Showroom y comunicación de moda Madrid, Fashion showroom and press Madrid.
LECUÁ is a clothing and accessories showroom located in the heart of Madrid. The brands we showcase are carefully selected to create a beautifully curated assortment that emphasizes each designer’s point of difference.
Our showroom enjoys a steady partnership with the best retailers around the globe who come to us for a sense of discovery, elevated level of service, incredible curation, and the taste level of LECUÁ.
https://www.lecuapress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lecua_press
FABRA comunicación
We are here to help fashion and lifestyle brands (with which we share DNA) to appear in the media, grow, prosper and help expand their business. We are also committed to public relations in the fashion, beauty and lifestyle sectors as an essential tool that, with little investment, helps achieve impactful results for the companies we work with.
Brand Building Strategy
Fashion Communication
Influencer Marketing
Fashion & Beauty PR
Brand Events
Content Marketing
https://fabracomunicacion.com/
https://www.instagram.com/fabracomunicacion
Pelonio
Pelonio is an integrated creative communications agency. We put our brands in places where no one has seen them before. We believe in unknown talent. We connect the unexpected. What matters most to us is about to happen. Pelonio integrates in its services PR media and digital, consulting, creativity and production in addition to its fashion division that offers a showroom service.
https://www.instagram.com/pelonio/
Georgiela Estudio
Founded in spring 2019, Barcelona-based brand GEORGIELA STUDIO offers feminine design in a creative, handcrafted and timeless way.
The brand addresses the needs of the modern woman, without complexes, exploring innovation and functionality, ensuring that everything we create is handcrafted and made in Spain.
Creative Direction by Georgina Jose. Promotes recycled aesthetics and oversize silhouettes exploring futuristic proposals of traditional garment archetypes. Focusing on the relationship between the garment and the body, we reimagine dress codes based on inclusion, empowerment and quality.
Since the launch of the brand, Georgiela has received remarkable attention in all its runway editions in Madrid – Mercedes Benz Fashion Week – which has received recognition and visibility by the press, magazines and claimed by both national and international celebrities such as Lady Gaga, DjHell, Nathy Peluso, Tina Kunakey, Bad gyal among others.
Georgiela has begun to establish a strong presence with retailers around the world, allowing brand enthusiasts the opportunity to experience the collections both in the showroom in the center of Barcelona and in its recently launched online store.
https://georgielastudio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/georgielastudio
MODULES
1st four-month period
Photographic Situations
Photography and Publics aims to develop a deeper understanding of fashion and editorial audiences. It examines key moments in history when fashion and editorial photography converge, marking a before and after in social movements. From this research and related theoretical analysis, students will be able to develop and test their own editorial models that seek to connect their work to appropriate and specific audiences.
Collaborative Community Project
Students will work on a briefing in relation to a community, around and with which they will carry out their photographic proposal. The subject will also allow them to learn about and work on the aspects involved in an editorial project.
Objects, spaces and boundaries
New trends in art direction.
The teacher will accompany the students in an investigation of the interstices of photography, the object and the new boundaries currently associated with art direction, the combination of fashion, art and technology in visually attractive narrative
House of Chappaz art gallery. Exhibition by Cristto & Andreu
2nd four-month period
Final Major Project: Research & Planning
To develop the theoretical, methodological and experimental corpus for the final project. The aim of this module is for students to undertake a body of research-based work on their own creative project, which demonstrates a critical awareness of current developments and trends in their area of practice. This work will form the basis of the student’s final project. Through this process, they will cultivate specialist skills and a passion for the work, which reveal and foster their developing professional identity.
Collaborative social challenge project
Exploring the boundaries of personal, social and cultural identity through photography. The module aims to develop students’ collaborative working skills. Students will develop an inter-disciplinary response to a generated brief by addressing and engaging with a social challenge. In collaboration, they will take opportunities to lead, manage and contribute to the delivery of a professional approach to problem analysis, evaluation and strategies for developing a creative solution that converge in their fashion photography scenarios. This photographic process is supported by the Magnum Agency and will culminate in the production of a photographic exhibition.
Research Methods
The aim of this subject is to teach students a corpus of research methods. This module provides them with the theoretical, conceptual and practical tools they need to carry out a research project. It introduces them to the professional and ethical issues that underpin their practice and helps them to reflect critically on their specialism. In this way, the module prepares students to complete their TFM projects, by fostering effective collaboration and developing their researcher/practitioner identities.
Photo © Vincent Urbani
3rd four-month period
Collaborative Enterprise Project
Under the tutelage of the faculty, students will develop a complete production to respond to a commission generated by one of the most important publishers in contemporary fashion. Students will develop knowledge and practical skills in carrying out the magazine’s professional commission. Raoul Keil, director of Schön! Magazine, will set the criteria for the editorial proposal and select the most qualified works to be published in Schön! Magazine.
Photography and Publics
The aim of the module is to reflect on and define personal positioning within the many areas and fields of fashion editorial photography, analysing how fashion editorial photography has spread into the fields of portraiture, film, reportage and music. The module explores the many ways in which fashion editorial photography contributes to and defines itself in its contextual forms, questioning how it performs in different roles, depending on its purposes and how it contributes to the understanding of the world.
Final Major Project: Production & Sharing
In this module, students will complete an independent research paper that is informed by the wider contexts of their discipline, coherent and of a standard appropriate to a master’s degree. Students will be required to independently manage a project of their own choice and will rely on a high degree of autonomy. Work will be predominantly self-directed, with support from specialist staff in the relevant subject area, both in group masterclasses and individual tutorials.
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for the Master of Photography
[fashion & editorial]
Master of Arts in Photography
October 2026
100% face-to-face
Monday to Wednesday afternoons
Teaching language: English
180 UK credits
Enrolment: 12,900 €
Option of mobility scholarships of up to 1000 €.
Magnum Photos
The Magnum Photos agency is one of the most prestigious and renowned in the world. Its founders include Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour and George Rodger. The agency has offices in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. Its photographic archive contains more than a million images ranging from lifestyle, family, religion and culture to war, poverty… The Magnum Photos agency has a great prestige in the field of social and fashion photography, as it has been witnessed and protagonist of some of the most relevant and transcendent moments in the history and culture of the 20th and 21st century.
