At EFTI we promote self-development, critical thought, rigorous research and creativity.

Founded in 1987, EFTI has become one of the international reference points for avant-garde photography. Our success is based on our capability for constant innovation that allows us to maintain an open view on our school and to adapt to the changing needs and characteristics of our students.

We offer a top-level educational experience

We motivate our students to reach their goals through a complete training program and a demanding list of professors. Annually we invite numerous experts of national and international prestige to take part in our courses.

We commit to personal follow-up training both on a technical and creative level.

Technological Renewal

We work non-stop on the renewal of our equipment, which is available to the students thanks to investments and agreements with various companies.

Promoting effort and talent

We establish and maintain partnerships with a large number of business sectors. This allows us to respond to the demand for qualified professionals according to the present job market.

We sustain our students’ talent visibility through curated and itinerant exhibitions, annual publications and selling work to city halls, institutions and collectors. 

Social vocation and cultural compromise

EFTI is not only a school; it is also a center dedicated to promotion, distribution, creation and discussions.

Every day the school offers a program of activities integrated in the cultural agenda of the city of Madrid through monthly exhibitions, activities and open events for the public.

Annually we organize the Becas Internacionales Roberto Villagraz and the Beca Jacobo Tosío calls with the objective of promoting the study of photography; along with the Beca Internacional de Dirección de Fotografía en Cine call regarding Digital Cinema studies.

We promote photography in all its diversity supporting social initiatives such as the Fundación Enrique Meneses for the development of vocational photojournalism. We are also in constant collaboration with both private and public institutions in a joint effort for the development of visual language.

From Galería Cero, an art gallery dedicated exclusively to photography, we prove our commitment to new talents through the renewed vision of the concept of art gallery.

Madrid, the heart of the metropolis

Our shared complicity with the diversity of this city allows us to be aware of thousands of stimuli on a daily basis.

A project made possible thanks to the directors Agustín Pérez de Guzmán Ballester y José Luis Amores García and their great team of professionals.