Iceland Air is searching for dangerous photographers to take footage of gorgeous sights

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Iceland – small, volcanic, on the market within the windy North Atlantic – needs to point out off. Its nationwide airline, Icelandair, is hiring a photographer, however for less than 10 days. The job does have one essential requirement. Candidates should be horrible at taking footage. Here’s a pattern of the popular {qualifications} from the official job posting – no background in skilled images. No curiosity in studying images. Frequently disillusioned with your personal images. Occasionally stunned when a photograph seems OK.

So why is the airline hiring a mediocre picture-taker? Well, sure, it is a promotional stunt, however one with some stable logic behind it. They wish to show that even the worst photographer can take nice images of Iceland. The nation is stuffed with unimaginable landscapes – volcanoes, lakes, glaciers, geysers. The Geysir – the OG, the rationale why we name geysers geysers. It’s fairly arduous to overlook the wonder round you, regardless of your expertise behind the lens. Candidates should be no less than 21 years outdated, have a legitimate passport and, most essential of all, benefit from the nice outside.

Icelandair will settle for purposes till the tip of this month. The job is non permanent – solely 10 days in June. But the pay and advantages are substantial – $50,000 and a visit to Iceland, all bills paid. So subsequent time somebody complains about one in all your footage, take it as a praise and take into consideration making use of. You might turn into the world’s best-paid dangerous photographer.

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