Documenting the Human Experience
All photography is documentary. But, not all documentary is social… There is a big difference between cutting out vacation photos and gluing them into a scrapbook/journal, and serious social documentary photography. Both have their place, but they are not the…
Are you feeling well, photographically? Or, are you feeling a bit queezy? Are you sharing your photos on Facebook groups and Instagram? How much time do you spend looking at photo books? Has this affected your photography? ( photo by…
While photographs may not lie, people sure do! Here are some of my thoughts about Matt Black’s photo project, Unamerican Dream. [wpdiscuz-feedback id=”wwkzbxklo4″ question=”Let me know your thoughts on this topic.” opened=”1″]a[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
Many people seem to be confused as to the differences between the popular activity of street photography and the more serious work of documentary photography. Many street photographers like the hitch street photography to the documentary wagon.
I was asked by a youtube subscriber if I would speak a little bit about how I choose a documentary project.
Street and documentary photography both have firm roots in the philosophy of “realism.” Unlike many types of photography, which build off “romanticism,” street and documentary photography are about reality as it really is. I recently noticed a controversy surrounding a…