Photography is a very widely used industry in the current media field. The employment direction of this major is for all kinds of publishing institutions, media, advertising companies, film and television companies, universities, scientific research institutes and other units. It can also be a photo studio or a freelance photographer.

This industry requires photographers to have high artistic accomplishment, solid basic photography theory and creative skills, and be able to engage in photography creation (including artistic photography, news photography, commercial photography and other fields), media photography editing, vocational education and scientific research in related fields.