Documentary photography

‘In photography, I have found a language that suits me,’ Martine Franck once said. The late documentary and portrait photographer is the subject of a retrospective at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson’s new Paris home in Le Marais

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Nick Hedges' photos of the shocking living conditions families faced in parts of Manchester and Salford will feature in an exhibition to mark Shelter's 50th anniversary

Funny, tragic and often bizarre, Stephen Leslie’s photos in his book Sparks are an unique ode to street photography, matching short fictions with the images that inspired them

All About Photo Magazine recently released its 15th edition where the publishers wanted to feature the best in street photography, with the goal of

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Documentary photography is meant to provide an accurate representation of people, places, and events. The key word here is accurate. While documentary photographs are often impactful and emotion generating they won’t show the wildly distorted angles or colors found in other styles. Monochrome/sepia to create a mood or add emphasis to other features is sometimes done. Vignetting an image, a darkening of the borders of the photograph is another common choice but these two techniques are often…