Documentary Photography

Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle significant and historical events. It is typically covered in professional photojournalism, but it may also be an amateur, artistic, or academic pursuit. The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people.

The earliest form of photography known as the...

Daguerreotype

This can be classed as documentary photography, as can all early photography due to its nature of recording.

Photography was created purely to document the surrounding world.

As photography became slightly more accessible (I mean slightly...they still had to carry metal plates on which to develop) photographers were sent off to far exotic locations to report back with images of what they saw....

1860’s Civil War

Robert Capa

Eddie Adams 1970’s

Iraq War

Robert Frank

Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin

LARRY CLARK

LARRY CLARK

RICHARD BILLINGHAM

Richard Billingham (born 25 September 1970) is an English photographer and artist who is best known for his book Ray's A Laugh which documents the life of his alcoholic father Ray and obese, heavily tattooed, mother Liz.

FAY GODWIN

Fay Godwin (17 February 1931 – 27 May 2005) was a noted British photographer, most widely known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast.

Godwin was less active in her final years; in a December 2004 interview for Practical Photography, she blamed "the NHS. They ruined my life by using some drugs with adverse affects that wrecked my heart. The result is that I haven’t the energy to walk very far.”

MARY ELLEN MARK

MARY ELLEN MARK

MARTIN PARR

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE

WHAT IS

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A portrait executed in the subject's usual environment, such as in their home or

workplace, and typically illuminates the

subject's life and surroundings.

By photographing a person in their natural surroundings, it is thought that you will be

able to better illuminate their character, and

therefore portray the essence of their personality.

FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (FSA)

WHAT IS THE

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In 1935 as part of the New Deal in the United States, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) was an effort

during the Depression to combat American rural poverty. The FSA adopted a goal of introducing

America to Americans through

photography and a group of talented photographers.

A series of photographs that are

intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to

photographs with captions or small notes to

full text essays with a few or many

accompanying photographs. Also a slide show or similar presentation, possibly with spoken text or music.

Also referred to as Editorial

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