The paper investigates people's motivations to work as press
photographers. Against the background of precarious working
conditions and a relatively poor image of the occupation, why people
choose to work in this field seems like an interesting question.
Several theories of occupational choice are examined for their
usefulness with regard to the focus of the research, taking into
account the processual nature of the formation of motivations as well
as the special attributes of the field of press photography. A
combination of phenomenological and biographical concepts is
selected as the theoretical framework of the study, and key elements
thereof are explained. The data obtained through several narrative
interviews is analyzed and interpreted, resulting in three main
dimensions of typologies describing the process of the formation of
motivations leading to the occupational choice of press photography.
The three dimensions are finally integrated into one typology which
describes the different types of peoples choosing press photography
as their occupation. (author's abstract) / Series: Schriftenreihe / Forschungsbereich Wirtschaft und Kultur
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:epub-wu-01_d24 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Delgado Martin, Carolina, Kontsekova, Judit, Schinko, Georg |
| Publisher | Forschungsbereich Wirtschaft und Kultur, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Paper, NonPeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Relation | http://epub.wu.ac.at/1706/ |
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