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Fashion photography schools?

What are some schools that well-known fashion photographers went to?

School of Life and School of Hard Knocks come to mind. Practice, practice, practice. Learning the basics and advanced aspects of general, commercial photography and then applying it to taking fashion pictures. Even in that field there are a variety of specialties: runway, product, interior, exterior…..

As for specific schools, I’d check in your area to see what photography schools there are or if there are colleges with photography courses (major, minor, workshops).

If you’re really wondering about specific photographers and where they went, you might want to look them up and see if you can find a biography.

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