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Publicity Photographers

Exploring This Job

Photography is a field that anyone with a camera can explore. To learn more about this career, you can join high school camera clubs, yearbook or newspaper staffs, photography contests, and community hobby groups. You can also seek a part-time or summer job in a photo studio or camera shop, or work as a developer in a laboratory or processing center.

If you are interested in becoming a publicity photographer, volunteer to take photographs for community and nonprofit organizations in your area. This will you give a good introduction to the field, and even allow you the chance to have your work published in press releases and at an organization's Web site. Start a blog that features your photographs. Talk to photographers about their careers. Visit https://www.asmp.org/find-a-photographer and http://aspp.com/find-a-pro/search-pros for lists of media photographers. Finally, consider becoming a high school- or college-level member of American Photographic Artists.