1. Documentary Photography

2. What is Documentary
Photography/Photojournalism?
• Images that chronicle significant or
historical events
• Images that together tell a story of the
human condition

3. Characteristics of Documentary
Photography/ Photojournalism
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Truthful
Objective
Candid
Usually of people

4. Documentary Photographers
• Matthew Brady
• William Henry Jackson
• Jacob Riis and Lewis
Hine
• Dorothea Lange
• Gordon Parks
• Arthur Rothstein
• Walker Evans
• Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
• Sally Mann
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Nan Goldin
William Eggleston
Lee Friedlander
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Eugene Atget
Sebastiao Salgado
David Goldblatt
Andrew Stark
Bill Brandt
Daniel Lorenzetti

5. Matthew Brady
Documented the Civil War

6. William Henry Jackson
In 1869 documented the scenery along the Union
Pacific Railroad route for promotional purposes.

7. Jacob Riis
Documented NY City in late 1800’s early 1900’s to
bring impoverished conditions to light.

8. Lewis Hine
His photographs were instrumental in changing the
child labor laws in the United States.

9. Dorothea Lange
Known for her Depression era photojournalism for
the FSA.

10. Gordon Parks
Documented the life of Ella Watson who cleaned
the FSA building.

11. Arthur Rothstein
Worked for the FSA. Photographed Gee’s Bend,
AL.

12. Walker Evans
Worked for the FSA. Document effects of the
Great Depression in large 8x10 format.

13. Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
Rochester/Zurich/New York based photographer,
focusing on projects depicting poverty in the world.

14. Sally Mann
Documented her children growing up.

15. Nan Goldin
Photographed Bowery’s (NYC) hard drug
subculture.

16. William Eggleston
Eggleston's mature work is characterized by its
ordinary subject-matter. Eggleston has a unique
ability to find beauty, and striking displays of color,
in ordinary scenes.

17. Lee Friedlander
Photographed the urban "social landscape."
Fragments of store-front reflections, structures
framed by fences, posters and street-signs.

18. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Considered the father of modern photojournalism.
He helped develop the "street photography" or
"real life reportage" style.

19. Eugene Atget
Noted for his photographs documenting the
architecture and street scenes of Paris.

20. Sebastiao Salgado
Brazilian social documentary photographer and
photojournalist. Noted for photographing workers
in less developed countries.

21. David Goldblatt
Documented South Africa’s human landscape in
the apartheid and post-apartheid eras.

22. Andrew Stark
Urban street photography of Sydney, Australia.

23. Bill Brandt
An influential British photographer and
photojournalist known for his high-contrast images
of British society.