Photography documentary

Funny, tragic and often bizarre, Stephen Leslie’s photos in his book Sparks are an unique ode to street photography, matching short fictions with the images that inspired them

Sometimes the strangest things show up like unexpected gifts on the doorstep - like the comment I got just yesterday that told me (I’m paraphrasing) that all my talk about composition and storytelling was nonsense. The less-paraphrased version was that scenes are what they are and they compose themselves. I’m not going to lie: I

Documentary photography is meant to provide an accurate representation of people, places, and events. The key word here is accurate. While documentary photographs are often impactful and emotion generating they won’t show the wildly distorted angles or colors found in other styles. Monochrome/sepia to create a mood or add emphasis to other features is sometimes done. Vignetting an image, a darkening of the borders of the photograph is another common choice but these two techniques are often…

🍽️📸 The Importance of Food and Documentary Photography for Restaurants 📸🍽️ Today, restaurants are not just about delicious food and excellent service; they also rely on visual appeal to win the hearts of new guests. Food and documentary photography play a key role in creating a memorable image of your establishment. ❓Why is this important? 1. First Impression: In today’s world of social media, the first encounter with a restaurant often happens online. High-quality photos of dishes can…

It's unlikely that Izzy will be able to remember these specific moments with her Grandad when she's much, much older. But she will have these. And that's the nature of documentary family photography. It's a legacy, of sorts.

‘In photography, I have found a language that suits me,’ Martine Franck once said. The late documentary and portrait photographer is the subject of a retrospective at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson’s new Paris home in Le Marais

Monaris is a photographer with a passion for visual storytelling. As an Adobe Lightroom and Sony Ambassador, she has developed a distinct creative style focused on composition and color theory that lives to transform brief instances of reality into movies

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Martin Parr est un photographe anglais, mondialement célèbre pour son approche originale du documentaire. Né en 1952 près de Londres, Martin Parr découvre la photographie à l’âge de 13 ans, encouragé par son grand-père lui-même photographe amateur. Il rejoint la Manchester Polytechnic où il poursuit des études de photographie, et s’intéresse au travail de Bill Brandt et de Cartier Bresson. Très vite, son travail photographique prend pour fil rouge la chronique sociale : il s’intéresse au…

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Documentary photographs can tell a true story in way that no other genre of shooting can. It tells the story of real life and, to me, there is no better story. We are inundated with imagery that tells

The Youth Photography Awards 2020 aims to support young people's wellbeing.