Documentary Photography Directory

Documentary Photography

Documentary photography usually refers to a type of professional photojournalism, but it may also be an amateur or student pursuit. The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people. The pictures usually depict a certain perspective of the photographer. Usually such photographs are meant for publication, but are sometimes only for exhibition in an art gallery or other public forum. Sometimes an organization or company will commission documentary photography of its activities, but the pictures will only be for its private archives. Photojournalists who adhere to generally accepted ethical practices such as those proposed by organizations like the National Press Photographers Association generally strive to make documentary photos instead of posed photos because of the innate power of the candid, unguarded moment in depicting genuine news events. The challenge for that type of photographer is to make pictures of sensitive scenes and moments without changing them by the presence of a camera.

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Adam Wiseman - http://www.adamphotogallery.com/

Documentary photography, environmental portraiture and travel photography of Mexico City based photographer Adam Wiseman. His work has been exhibited in Switzerland, Spain, NY, Mexico, and Japan as well as having a photograph from 9-11 in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.. Most recently Wiseman´s work was on exhibit at the 2006 Venice Biennal. - Read more

Alex Tehrani - http://www.alextehrani.com/

Alex began his photographic career traveling all over the world, from Africa to Asia to South America following stories of personal and political interest. While traveling he developed his documentary style of photography, influenced by an easy intimacy with people and places that is still apparent in his current work. - Read more

Alexander Merkushev - http://www.afghanpix.com/

Anecdodal account of the war on terror in Afghanistan and other crises, and how the world's journalists cope with associated distractions, by Alexander Merkushev. - Read more

Alexander Sauer - http://www.feature.ch/

Alexander Sauer is a young photographer specializing in documentary photography for Corporate Communications as well as people and editorial photography. He uses elements of classical documentary photography in order to help his clients to build their own story. He lives and works in Zurich. - Read more

Allen McEachern - http://www.allenmceachern.ca/

Cultural documentary photographer specializing in social, travel, nature, and arts and entertainment photography. Based in Montreal, Quebec. - Read more

Amani Willett - http://amaniwillett.com/

Amani has been working in New York as a photographer since 1998 where his photographs have been widely commissioned, published and exhibited. - Read more

Ami Vitale - http://www.amivitale.com/

Ami Vitale, photojournalist and documentary photographer. - Read more

Ana Nieto - http://www.ananieto.com/

My images - too selective to be a documentary in the normal sense - are visual manifestations of the life around me. My life and my photographs, both often ironic, sometimes funny, at times raw and every so often nostalgic, interact and influence each other. - Read more

Ancient Faces - http://www.ancientfaces.com/

Founded by Kathleen and Daniel Pinna in September 2000 in San Jose, CA., AncientFaces began as a simple mission to share family history through photographs. Since its inception, however, AncientFaces has evolved into an interactive community built around linking all facets of our shared past. To date, tens of thousands of unique photos containing the images of our ancestors, once the property of only a few, are now available to future generations at AncientFaces. - Read more

Andrej Balco - http://www.andrejbalco.com/

Slovak documentary photographer Andrej Balco. - Read more

Andrew LaMoreaux - http://www.andrewlamoreaux.com/

Documentary photographer Andrew LaMoreaux displays his work on the culture, art and architecture from many areas of Asia. - Read more

Andrija Ilic - http://www.andrijailic.com/

Photo web gallery of Andrija Ilic, photographer from Belgrade, Serbia. This comprehensive photo archive contains photo-documentary work about war in ex-Yugoslavia in Kosovo in 1998-99; NATO bombardment of Serbia and Yugoslavia; crushing down of Slobodan Milosevics dictatorship; conflict in Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians. - Read more

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