When thinking about work after university I would consider becoming a photography lecturer. I have been thinking about this recently because I am so grateful for my lecturers and everything they have taught me over the past 3 years. Therefore, I would love to pass on my knowledge to other aspiring photographers. Furthermore, I feel that it would be a great way to also stay connected to the industry and inspire me to progress.
With that being said, I have no experience in the teaching industry, therefore that will be something I need to gain to develop those skills. In terms of a future plan here is what i’m thinking for my first years after university.
1 Year Plan:
Get my flat in Bath
Get a standard job to earn some money
settle into non-uni life
start looking into ways i can gain experience within the teaching industry
KEEP MAKING WORK
I would like to complete this in the first year post uni as a start to gaining money and heading in the right direction for a career. Alongside this i obviously want to carry on producing my own projects on the side, which I know may be difficult but I know that it is vital to my life and that i love to do it so why would i stop? I know I would be working full time, so that doesn’t give me a lot of spare time to complete these things but I feel like the knowledge, connections and satisfaction would be worth it.
In terms of actually becoming a lecturer I am aware this will be quite a long term investment and will take a lot of time and effort. In the next five years I would like to carry on making my own work, in the hopes to make some kind of name for myself, but I would also like to look into getting my MA in that time. Furthermore, I want to keep studying and becoming knowledgable in my craft.
For me personally, I feel like i need to trust the process of this journey and take it slow. I find i can get quite caught up in getting things done straight away rather than slowing down and taking time to complete things. I think this is relevant to this career plan too, I need to be aware that it will take time to complete this. Therefore, I’m planning in the next 5 years to:
Get a flat
get a job
keep making work
- along with making books etcstay within the industry
- attend talks
- attend shows
- netwrokLook into getting some experience within the teaching industry
- specifically in the artsGet my MA
- going to need to research where I want to go
- look into funding/finance (not sure how that works with an MA)
Finally within the next 10 years i want to do all of that and then move on into lecturing.