Creating CV

Your CV is very important and crucial to have, at least at the beginning. But creating one is a quite a hard task to do, because it is different from a normal CV which you would use to find a job. Main things it needs to have are experience i.e. exhibitions held, contests in which you have taken place, and main things you are capable of doing with your camera which would refer to technical skills. Also, adding your education is quite important. By education I mean University you've finished, all the schools you've attended are not as important. Me personally, I would add the short artists statement to start my CV with, because I think it is the key to the main understanding who you are and what you are doing.
I remember my first photographic CV I prepared last year for the professional practice file. It wasn't as good as it should be and it didn't have all the information I would add now. But the layout was quite easy to understand and it looked good visually. I took the example from the CV I have found on the internet by Adam Rowney:

Well, it does look nice and neat but I am not sure if I want to use my whole image on my CV, yet I think it looks quite striking and makes you want to read it. As in the second example, there might be a lot of good information written, but I just would't be that interested.

There's the third example I have found which just talks for itself. Only by looking at CV you see that the photographer is able to manipulate his images with photoshop quite well and it just looks interesting. 

After finding this example, I think I will use my image on my CV, but not as a whole background, just a part of it. But I am still mostly impressed with the first example, which has all simple information you need.

I was impressed by another example, how creative can you get? 

It's a pity I don't understand Italian, but this CV is just stunning! Using all these symbols is very creative and humorous, while at the same time maintaining a professional level and attitude.

To sum up, I would like my CV to be distinctive (then again, who wouldn't?). Instead of using plain design or just putting a photograph on the background, I would like to manipulate the space by adding small pictures, and maybe, using last CV as an example, make it more interesting by changing the layout and whole presentation. Coming back to the last example, although some may see lack of professionalism in it, I see a person who is great at providing overall visually stunning product - therefore, a CV should not only be a brief of your education and achievements, it should stand out as a piece of artwork on its own.