1-Year internship opportunity for photographers

No Comments | February 19th, 2007 | Trackback

Take photos, travel, write, interview world renowned photographers, get to critique new camera equipment on the market, get helicopter flying lessons, AND get paid for all of it. Yes, these opportunities still exist!

The internship is being offered by Photo.net, which is an online community with over 100,000 active users, 5.4 million hits a month and a gallery of 2.7 million photos.

The job entails an all-round variety of activities that cover both the technical and the social aspects of photography. It is a year-long position open to any US-based person with a degree and experience in photography/photojournalism.

The job has a very detailed application process, which can be looked at here.

Compensation, depending on experience can be expected between $20,000 and $35,000 for the year. Health insurance and relocation assistance will be provided.

Editor-in-chief Philip Greenspun is incharge of the whole deal and can be reached at philg[at]mit.edu.

So aspiring photographers: get busy and good luck!