CAREER
CLUSTER
BRIEF

PHOTOGRAPHY

CAREER AREA - ARTS AND HUMANITIES



Work Performed
Work activities in this group primarily involve photographing people, events, fictionalized scenes, materials, and products with still or motion picture cameras. Workers frequently conceive artistic photographic effects, and arrange and prepare the subject matter to be photographed.

Worker Requirements
Imagination; aesthetic appreciation; a feeling for form and symmetry; an eye for color; dexterity with fingers and hands and eye-hand coordination; and a facility for dealing with people.

Sample Occupations
Aerial Photographer
Scientific Photographer
Photojournalist
Camera Operator, Motion Picture


Related Clusters


Related MPC Departments

Commercial and Fine Arts

Photography

Decorating and Display Work
Artistic Restoration
Photographic Machine Operation