[1] The school offered a 10-month certificate-granting program covering a mix of technical, artistic, and business aspects of photography.

The school was acquired by Premier after the bankruptcy of its previous owner[2] and closed in October 2016 due to financial difficulties.

The main facility was a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) building combining studios, a 350-seat auditorium, a student lounge area, a bookstore, faculty offices, and two large computer labs totaling approximately 140 workstations.

In 2011, a video editing and production suite was added by converting an additional 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) of administrative space.

[4] A centerpiece of the program was its Guest Speaker series, which featured notable photographers such as Mary Ellen Mark, Douglas Kirkland, Kevin Bubriski, John Paul Caponigro, Craig Cutler, Bill Diodato, Andrew Eccles, Lynn Goldsmith, Marc Hauser, Vincent Laforet, Jay Maisel, Joe McNally, Michel Tcherevkoff, Richard Warren, William Wegman, Timothy White, Ron Wyatt, and Joyce Tenneson.