The Value Significance of Documentary Photography

First, the appearance of documentary photography is a liberation of photography itself, which means that photography is the only way out for painting. Documentary photography reflects the human nature of society, abandons the tendency of aestheticism and affectation, and creates a new aesthetic field: in documentary photography, art is diluted, but its aesthetic significance is stronger. Because documentary works are not explained by the principles of beauty and ugliness or balance and symmetry, everything in documentary photography is under the banner of people, everything about people is everything in documentary works, and the meaning of human nature is the most important part of aesthetic significance.

Secondly, documentary photography broke away from the aesthetic cage of painting and the tyranny of painting itself. With the efforts of a large number of "new vision" experimenters before and after, it established a set of aesthetic concepts about photography itself and provided people with a new vision with its unique photography.

Three. Documentary photography, like those unexpected and absurd poems written by metaphysical poets in the17th century, embodies the worship of the novel ontology by the new critical beauty trend that appeared at the beginning of this century. Documentary documentary, of course, this photo must be true first. What about documentaries whose authenticity cannot be guaranteed? Speaking of this, it involves posing. Documentary photography does not exclude posing. The key is to conform to the truth and the law of things. For example, august sander's works facing the times, such as The Baker, Young Farmers, Democratic Party party member, Brick Bearer and so on, are all put out, but they are extremely natural and true. Besides, a good photographer should have the characteristics of a director, just like henri cartier bresson, waiting for his decisive moment in an excellent scene. This deliberate waiting is also an artificial arrangement. Then, instead of waiting for a thrilling leap (Cartier Bresson's work "Behind the Paris Santa Lhasa Station"), take the initiative to invite a suitable object to help you complete it.

Of course, I think the most important thing is to take snapshots. Moreover, posing should never be used in news photography, otherwise it will violate its essential spirit. In addition, due to the appearance and rapid development of digital technology, the authenticity of our documentary photography is being challenged and questioned more and more. I think it depends only on the professional ethics and conscience of each photographer. Even if it is as ruthless as the law, it must be mentioned that it cannot violate the good customs, let alone our documentary photography. Therefore, photographers who are truly compassionate, caring and have a sense of justice will not take zero emotions as the criterion, will not maliciously expose them, and will not ignore them. They show pain, illness, sin, war and all kinds of misfortunes, not only to express sympathy and trembling, but also to attract the attention of treatment, to urge the parties to think, to bring about the possibility of change, and to make our world a better place!

Documentary photography requires photographers to keep a fair eye and angle, record the real phenomena and maintain a concern for human nature. We know that documentary photography mainly reflects people, and taking the camera as a sketch is an intuitive response. As a photographer, before that, one should have high cultural literacy, keen insight, sensitivity to new visual images in life, sensitivity to choosing objects and sensitivity to grasping the best opportunity. Therefore, a real photo often shows a profound human power.

Documentary is also proof or evidence. Photography that records social life, etc. Different from simple documentary photography, it strongly attracts people's personal reporting nature.

Documentary photography shows the photographer's concern for the environment, respect for life and pursuit of human nature. Documentary photographers use cold machines to record marginal scenes or facts that have been "ignored" intentionally or unintentionally, but they can often use the power of images to make photography a tool to participate in social transformation. Judging from the social background and historical absence of documentary photography, its criticism and revolution are self-evident. By-product documentary photography history is the history of injustice, darkness, turbulence and austerity in the world that photographers record, express and spread. They use images to achieve the purpose of propaganda and agitation, and then promote social change and make the world a better place.