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Is documentary photography equal to news photography?

The two are different. Not equal.

Although news photography is a kind of documentary photography. But in photography theory, the two are juxtaposed:

Generally speaking, it can be divided into documentary photography, artistic photography, news photography and commercial photography ~ ~ ~

In fact, it is not difficult to understand: documentary photography with news value, that is, news photography.