Documentary photography
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Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle significant and historical events. It is typically covered in professional photojournalism, or real life reportage, but it may also be an amateur, artistic, or academic pursuit. The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people. It may be contrasted to staged photography.
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Notable documentary photographers
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United States
- Berenice Abbott
- William Eggleston
- Walker Evans
- Robert Frank
- Lee Friedlander
- Jim Goldberg
- Nan Goldin
- Lauren Greenfield
- Lewis Hine
- Dorothea Lange
- Mary Ellen Mark
- Steve McCurry
- James Nachtwey
- Gordon Parks
- Eugene Richards
- Jim Richardson
- Jacob Riis
- Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
- W. Eugene Smith
- Garry Winogrand
- Sally Mann
- Daniel Lorenzetti
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Europe
- Eugene Atget
- Gertrude Blom
- Bill Brandt
- Brassaï
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Gisèle Freund
- David Hurn
- Josef Koudelka
- Don McCullin
- Martin Parr
- August Sander
- Roman Vishniac
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Other
- David Goldblatt (South Africa)
- Sebastiao Salgado (Brazil)
- Andrew Stark (Australia)
- Peter Magubane (South Africa)
See also Social documentary photography
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