What does humanistic photography mean?

Humanistic photography, also called humanistic documentary photography, is a photo that truly records and reflects a nation's lifestyle. It can be called humanistic documentary photography. For example, there are not only mountains but also people in the photo. No matter what the man is doing, he may be climbing the mountain or on the road. This can be called humanistic documentary photography.

Portrait photography is different from ordinary portrait photography: portrait photography takes the description and expression of the specific appearance and expression of the subject as its primary creative task. Although some portrait photography works also contain certain plots, they still mainly show the appearance of the subject, and a considerable number of portrait photography works only explain the image of the subject without specific plots.

Whether it's a single person or a group of people, whether it's a snapshot in a scene or a pose in a photo studio, whether it's a plot or not, as long as it's a photo that mainly shows the specific appearance and mental state of the subject, it belongs to the category of portrait photography.

Those photographic works that mainly show the activities and plots of the characters and reflect a certain theme of life, but the appearance of the subject is not very prominent, whether it is close-up or whole body, can only belong to the category of character photography.

Of course, in a broad sense, portrait photography is about people and also belongs to character photography. Portrait photography takes the description and description of the appearance and manner of the subject as its performance task, and the characters should have distinctive looks. Can be divided into three categories: photography indoor portrait, indoor specific environment portrait, outdoor portrait. The requirement of portrait photography is "both form and spirit"