introducing documentary lesson
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Documentary Photography
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What is Documentary Photography?
On the post it notes write down what you think documentary photography is• What are the key skills that it uses?
• Name as many photographers you know of that you think fit into this genre
• When you’re done, stick it onto the end of your table
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Learning Objectives
• Explain what documentary photography is and what makes a good documentary project
• You will identify the various types of sub genres
• You will identify the types of images used to create a narrative
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What is Documentary Photography?
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• What is it?
Documentary Photography is a narrative or story being told through photographs that involves real events to provide a factual record or report (and sometimes this is complimented with text).
Documentary Photography
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Name different sub genre’s of Documentary
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Sub Genres Task
• On your table is a series of photographs.
• Around the room is different headings for sub genre’s.
• In your groups use the blu tack provided to put one image into each category
• In your groups select an image to discuss looking at the technical, lighting, compositional and contextual information behind the image.
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Key Points
• ‘Document’ means evidence = official, to be trusted, not to be questioned…
• Documentary as signifier of truth but what of re-presentation??
• Documentary is intimate – it assumes a bond between viewer and image and it is charged with showing the world as it really is
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Documentary photography has always had the power to shock, to inform, to change opinion and to persuade yet the very term can be ambiguous and the photographer always chooses a particular frame
and moment in time
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Early documentary was often for identification – documenting criminals
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Or racial types
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Henri Cartier-Bresson like Doisneau is seen as a father of
photojournalism and also street photography. His style is
often decisive and always candid
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Martin Parr: Part of the British new wave whose focus was on the everyday from a critical perspective
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Simon Norfolk’s work crosses the line between fine art and photo journalism, often shooting locations that are war torn or where
atrocities were commited
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Documentary Landscape
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Annie Leibovitz - Pilgrimage• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/annie-leibovitzs-pilgrimage.html?pagewanted=all
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Richard Billingham - Zoo
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Photojournalism
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Robert Capa
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Anastasia Taylor-Lind English/Swedish photographer
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Street Photography
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Beat Strueli - Bangkok 02
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Kate Hooper – night
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Social Documentary
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Nan Goldin Photographs her friends and family. A lot of her work is about gender
politics. Insiders view – as she knows who she photographs
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Bullfighter, Portugal. 1994Julie, Netherlands, 1994. One hour after giving birth.Video: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/cruelandtender/interviews.htm
Rineke Djikstra – Mothers & Bullfighters
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James Russell Cant - Family
Brother Alone
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Identification
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Marc Garanger – Femmes Algeriennes 1960
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What makes a Good documentary project?
2 minutes task: • Think – individually of one thing you think
makes a good documentary project
• Pair - up with person next to you and list more ideas.
• Share – with the rest of the group.Countdown clock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MytO0O_q0
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What makes a Good documentary project?
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TYPES OF IMAGES
• narratives :– a story or an account of a sequence of events in the order in which
they happened.– the art or process of telling a story or giving an account of
something.
Compositionally you can use the following types of shots to create a story:
• Establishing • Detailed, • Main and • Concluding shots.
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Establishing
• Is the beginning of a narrative – sets the scene.
And’Art, 2009. All images © Jaskirt Dhaliwal.
For more info go to: http://www.jaskirtdhaliwal.co.uk/gallery_296587.html
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Detailed
• Looks at specific detail of an item that is part of the narrative. Close up, detailed.
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MainShows the main part of the story. Could be portraits of people involved or a shot of the main part of the event.
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Main
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ConcludingCompletes the story
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Tell a story
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College Poster – your narrative
student example using different types of images
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Establishing
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Main shots
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Detailed
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Back to Learning Objective
• Explain what documentary photography is.
• List the different types of sub genre’s of documentary photography
• You will identify the various types of sub genres
• You will identify the types of images used to create a narrative
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Back to Learning Objectives
• On your new post it note write down the following:
• What is documentary and what makes a good documentary project?
• List the various sub genres• Identify the types of images used to create a narrative• Any photographers you could name
• Once complete - stick it next to your original post it note onto the wall
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Practical Task – Birmingham Trip
You have to document a short story, your narrative, on Birmingham using one of the following styles of documentary:
• Portraits of people at work• Street photography• Street portraits• Documentary landscape
RESEARCH a photographer that shoots in one of these styles of documentary photography for your artist comparison.