JOB SEARCH: BFA for "Freelance Food Photographer"?

[dewline]

Something I stumbled onto via Indeed's job alerts this afternoon. Seriously.

Why would you need a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree for this? Theories, anyone?

Comments

[cynthia1960]

It seems to me that requiring a bachelor's degree in X has become a implicit default setting, which truly sucks.

[agoodwinsmith]

Being a late-end boomer I can tell you that by the time I was looking for work, "a degree" was required for every damn thing - even postal delivery persons. It was just an easy way to weed through the crowd of us. It's been tedious forever.

Alternatively, in this case, a degree holder is likely to have all their own equipment, including lights and photo studio boxes (shooting tent).

[jhetley]

Food photography is a damned specialized field, but I don't know how much of a market there is for freelancers. Or how you could stretch a course into a bachelor's degree.

[cmcmck]

No, you'd just need to be a good photographer.

[sabotabby]

We're overcredentialed to death, don't get me wrong, but food photography is fucking hard so I'd imagine they'd want to make sure the person had some training in it.

[dewline]

I agree about the state and practice of over-credentialing. And you're probably right about the second point, too.