Date: Saturday 11 July 2026, 11:00 – 17:00
Tutor: Ajamu X
This one-day studio course with artist Ajamu X explores the male nude as a central subject in fine art photography, with a focus on light, form, ethics, and the development of a personal visual language. Working with a life model in a controlled studio environment, the course combines discussion, demonstration, and practical shooting to support a considered and confident approach to photographing the body.
The session emphasises both technical understanding and ethical awareness, encouraging you to develop a thoughtful and respectful studio practice. You will work with both Polaroid cameras (provided by Photofusion) and your own DSLR or mirrorless camera.
The course will cover:
Developing a personal visual language when working with the nude form
Understanding how studio lighting can sculpt, reveal, and abstract the male body
Approaches to directing and collaborating with a life model while maintaining a respectful, safe, and professional environment
Consent, care, boundaries, and ethical considerations when photographing the nude body
How light can be used to shape mood, atmosphere, and narrative
The course will close with a group review and discussion of images made during the day. You will leave with a deeper understanding of working with the male nude in a studio context, alongside practical strategies for developing your own ongoing fine art practice.
Designed for those with photographic experience, the course welcomes participants who wish to explore new approaches to the studio to inform and expand your creative practice, whatever form it takes. To take part, you should have a good knowledge of photographic basics, including a clear understanding of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and how to combine these settings in manual mode.
Please bring your own DSLR or mirrorless camera with full manual controls, along with a laptop to review your images. Ensure you come prepared with a fully charged battery and empty memory card. Digital cameras can be provided on the day if you request them in advance. Laptops are not available. Polaroid cameras will be supplied for use on the day.
Please note there will be a live nude male model for this session, therefore the course is open to adults aged 18 and over only.
Ajamu X (FRPS) is a darkroom/fine art photographic artist. Ajamu’s practice places the sensual - material attributes of process and production at the centre of the work with a subject matter similarly focused sensuality.
Ajamu’s studio-based constructed imagery privileges those tangible/tactile sensuous elements of a socially engaged photographic practice which literally/metaphorically rubs up against the flattening out of black queer photographic practices to simple notions of identity - thinking and representation.
Ajamu’s work has been exhibited in many prestigious museums, galleries, and alternative spaces worldwide. Tate has recently published a monograph on Ajamu’s work as part of their Tate Photography Series (2025).
Members Discount
Photofusion members receive a 15% discount on all courses. Please use the discount code provided when you signed up and enter it on the order summary page when prompted to apply your member discount.
If you did not receive your code, please email info@photofusion.org for assistance.
Date: Saturday 11 July 2026, 11:00 – 17:00
Tutor: Ajamu X
This one-day studio course with artist Ajamu X explores the male nude as a central subject in fine art photography, with a focus on light, form, ethics, and the development of a personal visual language. Working with a life model in a controlled studio environment, the course combines discussion, demonstration, and practical shooting to support a considered and confident approach to photographing the body.
The session emphasises both technical understanding and ethical awareness, encouraging you to develop a thoughtful and respectful studio practice. You will work with both Polaroid cameras (provided by Photofusion) and your own DSLR or mirrorless camera.
The course will cover:
Developing a personal visual language when working with the nude form
Understanding how studio lighting can sculpt, reveal, and abstract the male body
Approaches to directing and collaborating with a life model while maintaining a respectful, safe, and professional environment
Consent, care, boundaries, and ethical considerations when photographing the nude body
How light can be used to shape mood, atmosphere, and narrative
The course will close with a group review and discussion of images made during the day. You will leave with a deeper understanding of working with the male nude in a studio context, alongside practical strategies for developing your own ongoing fine art practice.
Designed for those with photographic experience, the course welcomes participants who wish to explore new approaches to the studio to inform and expand your creative practice, whatever form it takes. To take part, you should have a good knowledge of photographic basics, including a clear understanding of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and how to combine these settings in manual mode.
Please bring your own DSLR or mirrorless camera with full manual controls, along with a laptop to review your images. Ensure you come prepared with a fully charged battery and empty memory card. Digital cameras can be provided on the day if you request them in advance. Laptops are not available. Polaroid cameras will be supplied for use on the day.
Please note there will be a live nude male model for this session, therefore the course is open to adults aged 18 and over only.
Ajamu X (FRPS) is a darkroom/fine art photographic artist. Ajamu’s practice places the sensual - material attributes of process and production at the centre of the work with a subject matter similarly focused sensuality.
Ajamu’s studio-based constructed imagery privileges those tangible/tactile sensuous elements of a socially engaged photographic practice which literally/metaphorically rubs up against the flattening out of black queer photographic practices to simple notions of identity - thinking and representation.
Ajamu’s work has been exhibited in many prestigious museums, galleries, and alternative spaces worldwide. Tate has recently published a monograph on Ajamu’s work as part of their Tate Photography Series (2025).
Members Discount
Photofusion members receive a 15% discount on all courses. Please use the discount code provided when you signed up and enter it on the order summary page when prompted to apply your member discount.
If you did not receive your code, please email info@photofusion.org for assistance.
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