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61 alumni have graduated from the SPAO Portfolio Program since the founding of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa in August 2005.
SPAO alumni can be found creating, teaching, studying, assisting, editing, showing and shooting all over the world.
The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa is a creative workspace where students are encouraged to pursue the goals of the SPAO motto: Content Vision and Craft.
The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa’s mission is to furnish the resources, environment, tools and instruction to develop the students’ signature style, hone their photographic skills, and cultivate their visual literacy.
The 2-3 year full-time curriculum is intensely concentrated and emphasizes craft and execution while producing skill-sets that exceed industry standards and merge the fine arts with commercial applications.