What is Documentary Photography? A clear and simple guide
What is Documentary Photography? A question that will be answered through a series of articles, for students and photographers, in the coming weeks and months. The Beginners Guide to Documentary Photography Documentary photography is without question one of the most enjoyable, powerful, and significant niches in the world of photography. Documentary photography produces the sort of images that don't just capture and preserve the world around us, they can help to shape it. If you doubt what I say, I invite you to consider for a moment a famous photograph from the Vietnam war. Nick Ut's famous image "Napalm Girl" won Ut a Pulitzer prize but it had a much more profound effect on the American psyche. The disturbing image of a screaming and terrified nine-year-old child horrified the nation as the effects of the war became front-page news. Anti-war protests increased across America, and support for the war evapo...