Tips > Write a Photographer's Resume

All of the general resume rules and guidelines apply to an artist resume.

Structure

Include the following in your resume.

• Name and contact information, including your website, Facebook, Twitter, and the like

• Education

• Honors, awards, grants, fellowships, commissions, and residencies

• Bibliography, which includes articles about you and your work, interviews, reviews, list of publications

• Exhibitions and gallery representation

List the exhibitions in reverse chronological order, all together, or separated into solo, group, juried, and invitational.

• Collections in which your work is found

• Professional affiliations

• Related work experience, including freelance, teaching, and internships

Go to the websites of your favorite photographers, and their biography pages if they're represented by a gallery.