I was asked the following questions by a viewer. This is my attempt to answer these very important questions: “You really need to do a video on how you distance yourself from things like this. I am just getting into documentary…
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
East St Louis Urban Decay, 2015
An old black man with teeth as rotten as the crumbling buildings that fill his skyline, lit a small fire in a vacant lot to chase off the morning chill. I asked his permission to photograph this small circle of…
Essential Equipment for Social Documentary Photography
Here is a quick video on some of the essential equipment one will need for social documentary photography:
West Side Chicago Heroin House
Abandoned houses often serve as shelter for people suffering with drug addiction. This is a popular house where several people live, and where many addicts come to inject heroin throughout the day after they purchase the drug in the surrounding…
5:41 am… Icicle City…
5:41 am… Icicle City crackles in the frozen dawn as Northern winds blow harshly upon lowly sidewalk dwellers. Her tentacles rise up from the Earth like sparkling horned erections.
Long Day…
Eric Burdon – The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Social Documentary Photography Tip: Using a Tripod Obstructs Workflow
Using a tripod obstructs framing. I was out shooting with a novice photographer last week who insisted on keeping a tripod attached to the bottom of their camera. During the course of the day, there were several times that the…
Social Documentary Photography Tip: Never Shoot in Automatic Mode
Social Documentary Photography Tip: Never shoot in automatic mode. Your little pop-up flashy may go off, thus alerting everyone to what you are doing, including those two drug dealers sitting on the corner. If you’re in a bad neighborhood, you…