Finally, I have always had in the back of my mind that whatever career path I go in to, I always want it to be within the creative industry as I do not want to lose my creative flare. With this in mind, I have thought about looking around for jobs as a photo editor for magazines, as well as curator and exhibition jobs. As I have been on the committee for all of the exhibition shows that we have done at university, I have first hand experience with setting up the exhibitions and curating my peers work. This experience has enabled me to get a small insight into the life of a curator and I have really enjoyed that I have been able to do so.

My ambition for this only grew when Karen McQuade, head curator at the Photographer’s Gallery in London, came to do a guest lecture. The way that she was talking about her career and the people that she got to meet doing it really inspired me. She started off small within the industry and grew to be in the position that she is in now. I feel, as a female and being that highly recognised it really inspiring and I could only hope to ever be as accomplished as she is. She is also asked to be on the panel for a lot of photography competitions as her work and opinion is so valued by others within the industry. She spoke to us about how she has travelled all over to curate and exhibit other photographer’s work and how they have trusted her to do so. I felt as though this was really exciting so I wanted to learn more about it and realised that this would be something that I would love to do as a career.

Although this would not be my only choice for a career path, I feel as though it would be a really interesting and important job. Also allowing me to get my foot in the door of the industry and meet people throughout the creative world. When speaking to my friend at work about this (she has recently started working at the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol), she said how her boss is looking for a graduate to work in the exhibition and curation team. It was unbelievable how excited I got when she was talking to me about this because I feel as though this would be an amazing opportunity for me both career and life style wise. I am definitely interested in this and will be looking out for the job posting over the next couple of months.