Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• F - Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
• F1 - Technical Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
• F12 - Photographers, Graphic Arts Technicians and Technical Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts

F121 - Photographers

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with operating still cameras to photograph people, events, scenes, materials, products or other subjects.

• Example Titles

  • Aerial photographer
  • Chief photographer
  • Commercial photographer
  • Forensic photographer
  • Industrial photographer
  • Medical photographer
  • News photographer
  • Photographer
  • Photographers supervisor
  • Photojournalist
  • Portrait photographer
  • Racetrack-finish photographer
  • Scientific photographer
  • Street photographer

• Exclusion

  • Graphic art camera operators (See F123 Graphic Arts Technicians)
  • Video and motion picture camera operators (See F122 Film and Video Camera Operators)