Documentary photography was the biggest form of photography in the 20th Century.
-Describes the photograph as a truthful representation of the world.
'Camera with a conscious' to expose as well as to record. (James Nachtwey)
Photography- shows everyone the pain of war through images. Exposing war to benefit humanity. Photographer struggling for the people- erases the idea of photography being neutral.
Showing how the other half live- world being closed in on itself- photographer seeks to make viewer feel empathy.
Planned images- more than just a record, leans towards art- does the aesthetic involved make it less real?
Jacob Riis- social campaigner. Photographed squalor and poverty- hidden agenda?
Allowed the rich to spy on the poor.
Photographs are set and people are posing- fake representation?
Are they representing the peoples sense of self or how the photographer depicts them and intends to portray them.
Project FSA- government campaign to combat social crisis. Images used as an emotive lobbying tool- controversial. Photographers had an agenda, trying to make emotive images.
A photographer can stamp their representation on people or show their representations of themselves.
Subjects arranged like actors.
Blurring images becomes an aesthetic style to add dramatic effect- Capa Shudder.
All photographers have their own style and way to represent the world.
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