Career as Depicted in Popular (or Unpopular) Culture
Read:
Art Adams' Random Tips From a Professional Camera Operator
Sylvia and Verne Carlson's Professional Cameraman's Handbook
Charles Higham's Hollywood Cameramen: Sources of Light
See:
The Cameraman with Buster Keaton
Cameraman Gangatho Rambab
Cameramen Who Dared
Moscow Strikes Back
Shooting War: World War Two Combat Cameramen