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Documentary Photography
James Bell presentation for A2 Photography students.
12/10/2011
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Documentary Photography
Aim: Recognise the scope of this genre of Photography.
Identify different documentary photographers.
Evaluate their technique/approaches to this genre of photography.
Produce Images using DSLR cameras using ambient and flash photography.
Last weeks lessonStudents to show their shoot proposal/plans for “Changing Times” assignment.
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Documentary Photography
Task 1: List a range of documentary photographers (5 minutes).
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Documentary Photography
What is documentary Photography.
In simple terms, this school of photography uses pictures as documented evidence of a particular situation.http://www.photography.com
documentary photography is often used to incite political and social change due to its ability to capture the “true” nature of an image or location.
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Documentary Photography
What is documentary Photography.
In simple terms, this school of photography uses pictures as documented evidence of a particular situation.http://www.photography.com
documentary photography is often used to incite political and social change due to its ability to capture the “true” nature of an image or location.
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Documentary PhotographyEarly pioneers.
Lewis Hine:
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Documentary PhotographyEarly pioneers.
Lewis Hine:
The work Hine did for [child labor reform] was more responsible than all other efforts in bringing the need to public attention. The evils were intellectually but not emotionally recognized until his skill, vision and artistic finesse focused the camera intelligently on these social problems.- National Child Labor Committee
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Documentary PhotographyEarly pioneers.
Jacob Riis:
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Documentary PhotographyEarly pioneers.
Jacob Riis:
In 1888 Riis was employed as a photo-journalist in New York
Riis was among the first photographers to use flash powder.
His documentary work “How the other half lives” was a major social reform in changing housing and social conditions for the working class citizens of New York.
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Documentary Photography
Random documentary Photographers.
Walker Evans
Tom Stoddardt
Marcus Bleasdale
Dorothea Lange
Don McCullum
Peter Parker (joke)
Richard Billingham
Jacob Riis
Simon NorfolkSimon Roberts
Martin Parr
Lauren Greenfield
Sally Mann
Corrinne Day (?) Juergen Teller (?)
Tom Hunter
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Characteristics of good documentary studies.
•Research (people, location).•Trust.•Have clear goals.•Plan shoot (equipment, film type, time of day, artificial lighting, etc.)•Shoot conditions i.e.Composition, cropping, depth of field,etc.•Editing, do images work as a series?
Documentary Photography
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Documentary PhotographyDorothea Lange
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Documentary PhotographyDon McCullin
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Documentary PhotographyTom Stoddart
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Documentary PhotographyTom Stoddart
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Documentary PhotographyDon McCullin
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Documentary PhotographySally Mann
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Documentary PhotographySally Mann
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Documentary PhotographySally Mann
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Documentary PhotographySimon Roberts “We English”
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Documentary PhotographyAndreas Gurskey
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Documentary PhotographyLauren Green Field
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Documentary PhotographyLauren Greenfield
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Documentary PhotographyLauren Greenfield
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Documentary PhotographyAndreas Gurskey
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Documentary PhotographyRichard Billingham
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Documentary PhotographyRichard Billingham
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Documentary PhotographyMartin Parr
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Documentary PhotographyMartin Parr
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Documentary PhotographyTask 2. 45 minutes.
Research at least one photographer that you believe is a documentary photographer.
Construct a short biography of their work.
Evaluate the meaning of at least 3 photographs taken by the artists.
Identify the area of social/political/cultural concerns that they wish to address.
Record this information within your journals
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On camera flash techniques
Direct Flash
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On camera flash techniques
Bounce Flash
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On camera flash techniques
Fill Flash
Means filling in shadows on a subject that would otherwise look under-exposed
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On camera flash techniques
Fill Flash
•Add 1 - 2 stops less light from flash than is required for normal exposure from flash.•Shoot using meter reading from camera for normal exposure
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On camera flash techniques
Fill Flash
•Add 1 - 2 stops less light from flash than is required for normal exposure from flash.•Shoot using meter reading from camera for normal exposure
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On camera flash techniquesTask 3.
Produce pictures indoors using a variety of flash camera techniques.
•Ambient light no flash•Fill flash•Direct flash•Bounce flash
•Evaluate outcomes