ISCO 08 Code 3431      Photographers

Lead Statement

Photographers operate still cameras to photograph people, events, scenes, materials, products and other subjects.

Task statement

Tasks include:

• taking photographs for advertising, or other commercial, industrial or scientific purposes and to illustrate stories and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications;
• taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons;
• studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used;
• determining picture composition, making technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject;
• operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers;
• operating computers to manipulate photographic images;
• adapting existing photographic images to create new digitized images to be included in multimedia products;
• using airbrush, computer or other techniques to create the desired visual effect.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:

• Aerial photographer
• Commercial photographer
• Industrial photographer
• Photo - journalist
• Photographers
• Portrait photographer
• Scientific photographer

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:

• Film camera operator - 3521
• Video camera operator - 3521
• Mechanic, electronics - 7421
• Photographic equipment repairer- 7311
• Photographer, photogravure - 7321
• Photolithographer - 7321

Notes

ISCO 88 Code(s) 3131, part

(NCvB; Mei 2010)