What is the difference between documentary photography and news photography?

The difference between news photography and documentary photography;

1, news photography emphasizes news and timeliness, the facts reflected must have news value, and it can meet the audience with the fastest speed, while documentary photography does not pay attention to it;

2. Documentary photography conducts long-term and in-depth documentary research on a certain culture, a certain person, a certain group and an event, and most of them must be accompanied by corresponding text descriptions. Documentary photography is social, historical, cultural and systematic; News photography is generally short and pithy, reflecting the dynamic changes of news facts;

3. News photos are suitable for newspapers, magazines and other media, and documentary photos are more suitable for publishing albums or holding exhibitions, and documentary photos are much more informative;

4. News photography often only needs one picture, while documentary photography often depends on a set of photos to illustrate the problem;

News photography can be transformed into documentary photography. When the news and timeliness of news photography weaken or even disappear, it becomes a part of documentary photography.