Title: Careers in Photography

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

Fashion photography is a genre of photography which is devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Elle.

- Richard Avedon: https://www.avedonfoundation.org/
- https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/photography/

EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

This refers to images that run alongside text in publications to help tell a story or educate readers. For example, a feature story about a new restaurant might include images of the building, the décor, and the menu items.

- https://www.sheebamagazine.com/articles/photography/what-is-editorial-fashion-photography/
- https://create.adobe.com/2019/3/5/trends_in_editorial_.html
- http://www.apimages.com/editorial-images
- https://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-an-editorial-photographer-do.htm

PHOTOJOURNALISM

A particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that employs images in order to tell a news story.

- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Photojo...
- https://nppa.org/
- https://www.asmp.org/
- https://www.whnpa.org/main/

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Wedding photography is a specialty in photography that is primarily focused on the photography of events and activities relating to weddings. It may include other types of portrait photography of the couple before the official wedding day, such as a pre-wedding engagement session.

- https://www.wpja.com/
- https://www.ispwp.com/

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait picture might be artistic, or it might be clinical, as part of a medical study.

- https://www.ppa.com/

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY

Architectural photography is the photographing of buildings and similar structures that are both aesthetically pleasing and accurate representations of their subjects. Architectural photographers are usually skilled in the use of specialized techniques and cameras.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_photographers
- https://www.moma.org/artists/2015
- https://juliusshulman.org/main.sc

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other flying object. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, pigeons, kites, parachutes, stand-alone telescoping and vehicle-mounted poles.

- https://professionalaerialphotographers.com/
- http://karolisjay.com/

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

Travel photography is a genre of photography that may involve the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history.

- https://fstoppers.com/business/heres-what-it-takes-become-professional-travel-photographer-72114
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/travel-photography-tips/
- https://www.complex.com/style/2013/02/the-25-greatest-travel-photographers-right-now/

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Wildlife photography is a genre of photography concerned with documenting various forms of wildlife in their natural habitat. As well as requiring photography skills, wildlife photographers may need field craft skills.

- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- https://www.photoawards.com/top-10-wildlife-photographers-to-watch/
- http://www.nanpa.org/

FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Forensic photography, also referred to as crime scene photography, is an activity that records the initial appearance of the crime scene and physical evidence, in order to provide a permanent record for the courts.

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080161/
- https://gaiai.org/forensic-photography/

PAPARAZZI PHOTOGRAPHY

Independent photographers who take pictures of high-profile people, such as actors, athletes, politicians, and other celebrities, typically while subjects go about their usual life ...

- https://time.com/3788510/ron-galella/
- http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140220-pictures-we-love-to-hate

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

Fine-art photography is photography created in line with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion.

- www.jacksonfineart.com
- https://expertphotography.com/best-fine-art-photographers/
- http://lenscratch.com/photographers/

PHOTO RETOUCHING

Photo retouching is the process of altering an image to prepare it for final presentation. Retouchers typically perform actions that are small localized adjustments to an image. Usually completed after globalized adjustments (such as color correction), retouching is the polishing of an image.

- https://photza.com/blog/view/best-photo-retouchers-and-studios#Monica_Chamorro

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/ CINEMATOGRAPHER

A cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera and light crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image.

- https://www.careersinfilm.com/director-of-photography/
- https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-director-of-photography.htm

CURATOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

The photo curator is a relatively new development in the world of photography careers, but it is an exciting one, nevertheless. ... Photo curators collect, exhibit, research and maintain the photo collection at a museum. They are also responsible for the storage and presentation of photographical collections.

- https://www.nga.gov/collection/photographs/curators.html
- https://high.org/collection_area/photography/