Photography documentary

Funny, tragic and often bizarre, Stephen Leslie’s photos in his book Sparks are an unique ode to street photography, matching short fictions with the images that inspired them

🍽️📸 The Importance of Food and Documentary Photography for Restaurants 📸🍽️ Today, restaurants are not just about delicious food and excellent service; they also rely on visual appeal to win the hearts of new guests. Food and documentary photography play a key role in creating a memorable image of your establishment. ❓Why is this important? 1. First Impression: In today’s world of social media, the first encounter with a restaurant often happens online. High-quality photos of dishes can…

‘In photography, I have found a language that suits me,’ Martine Franck once said. The late documentary and portrait photographer is the subject of a retrospective at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson’s new Paris home in Le Marais

Documentary photography is meant to provide an accurate representation of people, places, and events. The key word here is accurate. While documentary photographs are often impactful and emotion generating they won’t show the wildly distorted angles or colors found in other styles. Monochrome/sepia to create a mood or add emphasis to other features is sometimes done. Vignetting an image, a darkening of the borders of the photograph is another common choice but these two techniques are often…

The Youth Photography Awards 2020 aims to support young people's wellbeing.

I’ve always been bothered by the term ‘Street Photography’. I don’t particularly like being referred to as a ‘street photographer’. I am a photographer. If I have to put an adjective in front of it, I’ve always favored ‘Documentary’ to ‘Street’. Today it occurred to me that the proper term shoul