The module is documentary photography. We were divided into 4 groups to discuss what is documentary. It is such an open and ambiguous genre with so many dimensions of forms and meanings. The literal journalism photography is just one tiny part. According to Eileen and Ulrike, documentary could be:
Integrity
Reality
Social
Informative
Lives of people
Provocative
Story telling
Lifestyles
Evidence
Exploiting
Emotions
Narrative
Controversy
Inquisitive
Shocking
Record
Conflict
Descriptive
Involved
Representation
Everyday life
Personal
Insight
Voyeurism
Life cycle
Witness
Moments
Critical eye
Fact
Point-of-view
Revealing
Selective
Invasive
Spectacle
Sensational
Human presence
Appeal
Document
Observation
Selective Viewpoint
Questioning
Informing
Manipulative
Construct
Scientific
Interpretation
Opinion
Emotional
Evocative
Confrontational
Archive
Collection
One image might not be effective in meaning but a body of images could articulate very loud. A photo in a gallery could deliver different perception to the same image in a magazine or in other context. Documentary photography is a medium representing another ‘reality’. Fact, meaning and point of view could get blurred, transformed, and developed via documentary photography. My documentary photography will be something meaningful to myself, something moving me, or something bothering me. It will be something interested to me in a range of aspects such as cultural, social, personal, etc.
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