Documentary Photography

By Ian Roche

Dorothea Lange -Migrant Worker, during the Great Depression

What is Documentary Photography?

• Documentary Photography is as can be seen by the name is the documentation of historical objects, people and events, everything that is photographed is real.

• Documentary Photo can either be of wars, famous people, inventions and people in hardships.

Mathew Brady

• The most famous Civil War documenter

and most celebrated photographer of the

19th century.• Born 1822 died January 15, 1896

This picture of Abraham Lincoln was taken by Brady on February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech.

Brady in 1870

Eugène Atget

• Known for documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris.

• Born February 12, 1857, died August 4, 1927

Avenue des Gobelins, taken 1927Taken in Paris through a street view window.

Organ Grinder, Taken 1898 in Paris

Examples of Documentary Photography

Bandit’s Roost, Taken by Jacob Riis in 1888.

City Dump, Yamuna River Slum, Delhi, India 2005, taken by Manuel Rivera-Ortiz.

Resources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_photography• http://www.atakos.com/documentary-photography-393/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Brady• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Rivera-Ortiz