“Photography achieves its highest distinction – reflecting the universality of the human condition in a never-to-be-retrieved fraction of a second`’- Cartier Bresson.
Documentary photography offers a compassionate perspective, which aims to show social and political circumstance.
They claim to be the truth of events with no manipulation and people are normally used as the subject matter.
Documentary photographers think about how their image will look, making sure that the angles and lighting are right; however this does not invalidate the documentary photographs they take. Other photographers however focus on the setting of the photo they are taking.
Examples: Dorothea Lange (1936) ‘Migrant Mother, Robert Frank ‘Parade-Hoboken, New Jersey’ 1958, Nick Ut (1972) ‘Accidental Napalm Attack’
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