How Documentary Photographers Choose Life Theme to Record Small Life

For people who like photography, this is a very happy thing. He can record big and small things with his camera. How do documentary photographers choose life themes to record their lives?

Take pictures of people on the road.

I have a lot of things to shoot around me, such as people I met on the way to work, colleagues at work, property managers who often come to your office to water flowers, flowers on the windowsill, people on the way to work, and children at home.

I'm playing the game of "play house"

There are too many things to shoot at once. In recent years, domestic photography competitions are frequent, which looks a bit lively, but there are still some gaps compared with foreign countries. China has been a hot topic for western photographers for many years.

But on the other hand, do photographers around us really care about their subjects? This is worthy of reflection. Does your job pay enough attention to life and development? Is it enough to respect the unique expression of photographic language? Is it enough to reflect on the great development of the great era?

For photography, we should not only look at photography itself, but also see the truth of life. What kind of life experience, there will be what kind of works.

Unable to reincarnate

International marathon

In my opinion, photographers should give up the idea of "only creating", have less creative purposes and shoot more things related to you, so that your photos can be passed on more easily.

20 13 June, a couple snuggled up in the playground of Runan Senior High School. The intense high school life makes most students devote themselves to their studies, so it is difficult to see more scenes outside of study on campus. But in front of the college entrance examination, the students went to different moments of life, and the melancholy and * * * hidden in their hearts finally sprouted. ...

build

April 24, 20 14, 43 days before the college entrance examination. Just after six o'clock in the morning, Doudou of Zhumadian High School is taking the time to have breakfast and rushing to school. My cousin Sandy is a junior high school student. She has to get up early for the mid-term exam. She was forced to get up because of drowsiness and yawning.

People who eat

In this era, we don't lack good-looking photos, what we lack are photos in groups, series and thoughts. What we need to do is be more professional. I think in the era of national photography, we need to advocate this kind of photography professionalism. Secondly, we should have special consciousness. Sometimes one or two photos can't express a thing or an idea clearly. Only by presenting it in a thematic way can you better realize the meaning of your photos. It is also very important that you must have editorial awareness. We can often see some photos, which look ordinary without editing, but after editing (photo combination and arrangement, photo description, etc. ), they are very colorful and can be remembered by many people. Therefore, if the photographer has a little editing consciousness and ability, your photos may have a greater impact.

The above pictures and texts are taken from On the Road-Image Memory Across the Times by People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House.

ISBN: 978-7-115-37898-9

Editor: Chai Xuan

Pricing: 69 yuan

On the Road —— Image Memory Across Times

This book brings together more than 30 groups of excellent documentary photography works in China, including almost the best documentary photographers in China, such as, Ange, Yang Yankang and other well-known photographers for a long time, as well as some influential young photographers in recent years, such as Zhang, who just won the grand prize of arles Photography Festival. The photographic works of this book focus on the social hotspots in China in the past 30 years of reform and opening up, and the depth and breadth of the works are amazing. The review articles in this book are all selected from the representative works of the most influential photographers and critics in China. It has high academic value and is suitable for documentary photographers and professional photographers to learn from.