There are many types of photography,documentary photography is one of them. Documentary photography is a very popular form of photography, it records events and moments which happen in a space of time, this can be anything modern or historical which happens at a certain time. this type of photography can be personal to someone and can be away of documenting a space of time in which they never want to forget. Documentary photography is very good to show different parts of society, people are able to see different events and moments through a different perspective meaning they can communicate with the events within each image. It can communicate the unseen sites in certain parts of the world which have never been seen before, this is raw information within an image captured. People may ask how a photographer is able to take images of strangers in different areas, they do as they gain a strong trust with those who they are taking images of. Examples for this type of photography can include images taken from war, conflict and areas hit by natural disasters e.g. the destruction documented by an earthquake. Photographers such as Steve McCurry, Henri Cartier Bresson and Dorothea Lange, focus on documentary photography. This type of photography could be found in books which are explaining real life situations, for example history books, also in factual books and magazines. This type of photography captures the contemporary moments in which happening around the world.
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was born in 1895 and died in 1965, she was an American documentary photographer who captured many images which explained event through the imagery. She was most famous for her work in the 'Depression era'. Dorothea's style of photography is very emotional and shows the sad and upsetting emotions within her images. All of her images are put into black and white, this shows the history through the images as the pictures years ago were in black and white originally, the effect from the colour of the image shows an important part in history. The focus within the images shows every detail within the emotion of the people who are being photographed in the image. Within her images the style she is aiming to get across is the real life effects on people, with the every day activities in which they do. Within the images, she is always focused on someone, whether they are looking away from the camera or giving constant eye contact. The eye contact style of the images, shows the story behind the image and shows the in depth of the emotions within the body language of the individuals captured. She is always capturing the image at the same level and height to the individuals, this is done to show how equal everyone is within this stage in history.
Examples of Dorothea Lange's Photographs.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson, was born in 1908 and died in 2004, he was a French documentary photographer, he was most famous for with his humanist photography. Henri's style of photography is capturing humans doing real life everyday activities, the style of imagery is pictures taken of individuals whilst they are in the middle of doing their activities. He captures very nice shots, he makes out that no one I aware of his presents when he is taking the image. He has put his images into black and white to create a better effect when getting the emotions across to the audience. As his main theme, style and focus is of people this means the images show peoples emotions within each photograph and piece of work. His work really interests me as the images are so natural yet so meaningful. The styles within the images help to describe what is happening within the images. For example is the image was displayed in bright vibrant colours the emotions and meaning within the images would be completely different compared of what they are saying now. I really like the images in which Henri takes and I like the things which ar in full focus.
Examples of Henri Cartier- Bresson.
Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry, is a photographer which uses the style of documentary within his images. He uses the style of bright colour within each image in which he creates. He mainly focuses and captures images of peoples faces, as like a portraiture type image. By him capturing faces he is showing everyones emotions within that one shot. Each person who is captured is living a very different life, with different stories and emotions, every person he captures is different due to both their appearance and their lifestyle. When he focuses on people he uses the use of eye contact in order for the audience to see the person and their life through their eyes. He has a very cultural eye when he is taking his shots, by using different people of nationalities shows life all over the world, as a documentary he is showing the different events and life around the world. Every image is very sharp when it is captured, Steve has main sure you can see every particle on the skin and very reflection off of the eyes, this is good as you see the attention to detail very clearly and well meaning it is easy to reflect on the emotions and meanings from the images.
Examples of Steve McCurry's Photographs.
Mood board and Brain Storm for my Idea
When looking at my three artist and researching into their themes and styles I found my favourite documentary arts, who was Henri Cartier Bresson. I have looked at many of his images and the style of his work is of black and white, he focuses on life on the streets but also captures each individual emotion of everyone who is captured within his image. All of the images are changed into black and white in order to create more of an emotion within each individual in the image. The images are so simple yet so powerful due to the emotions and moods within the image. I could photography people doing normal things like how Bresson did, this can be done by capturing people completing their actions. I want to capture really natural people can scenes. Within my images I will change the camera setting in order to capture the bets image as possible.
This Idea
Pros
- This is a very good theme as this follows Henri's work idea.
- The black and white theme is something I'm very interested in, and I want to experiment with it.
- This theme is very interesting to shoot and to look at.
- I feel that there is a lot to work with when using this style, for example the camera settings on a camera. E.g. Aperture to control the lighting.
- Capturing real life is something very in depth and interesting.
- This theme brings out a lot of emotion and meanings which lead to stories, to go with each image, this is done by the effect and visual appearance of the image.
Cons
- Capturing people may be risky due to people not wanting you to photograph them.
- When shooting in public places this may cause offence to people.
- Being near roads and other people may be a danger hazard.
- The meaning may be too vague for some people and may be simple for others.
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