Photography Theory What is Documentary Photography?

Documentary photography is a kind of photography with the main appeal of recording the reality of life. The material comes from life and reality, and truthfully reflects what we see. Therefore, documentary photography has the value of recording and preserving history and has the unique qualification as a social witness. Documentary photography is a photographer with strong sense of social responsibility and mission. With great perseverance and even dedication, he went deep into the reality of human existence, truly understood and respected the subject, and did not make up, whitewash or exaggerate. Most of them reproduce real scenes in the form of snapshots. Documentary photography, whether beautiful or ugly, is to show a real world, arouse people's attention, arouse social conscience, record unique culture and leave valuable historical wealth for future generations.