This document discusses documentary photography, including photojournalism that records events for news media, social documentary that focuses on a social group or issue, and war photography that documents conflict. Documentary photography aims to record the truth objectively through images that serve as proof, evidence, and accurate representations of real people and events. The document questions how some photographers, such as James Nachtwey and Don McCullin, have used their work to shine light on important issues and potentially change perspectives according to John Ruskin's view of photography's role. It also provides examples of photographers like Sebastião Salgado, Dorothea Lange, and Lee Miller who have contributed to documentary photography.

1. DOCUMENTARYA2 PHOTOGRAPHY

2. What is Documentary?Photo-journalism – creating photographic records of events for publication in news mediaSocial-documentary – creating a photographic essay on a particular social group or issue not necessarily for publication in news media – maybe for exhibition or a book. Not necessarily portraiture – can include still-life, landscape, travel and interiors. War photography – as photo-journalism but recording war – the action, the people, the hardware, the aftermath, the landscape. Intended for immediate publication in news media.

3. DocumentaryRecordsProofEvidenceAccurateTruthObjectiveSubjectiveNeutralOpinionatedFactsPoliticalEthicalCampaigningSocial issues

4. QUESTIONSThe greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to SEE something, and tell what it SAW in a plain way... To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, all in one. - John Ruskin Discuss the documentary photographers whose work seems to live up to Ruskin’s ideals“Photography cannot change the world. But it can show the world, when it changes”. Marc Riboud. Do you agree with this statement? Discuss with arguments and examples for and against. "There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil…" – Walter Lippmann. Discuss examples of documentary photography that have ‘shamed the devil’. How have periods of economic decline been captured by photographers in the last century?Photographing poverty – what’s the point? Discuss. The use of photography to promote action or change in Social Advertising. Discuss with specific examples. Ogilvy, Saatchi Does a photo ever make a difference? How have photographs contributed to political or social change? Discuss with specific examples. What is documentary photography? Compare and contrast the approaches of 3 key practitioners in the field.

5. "I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated." James Nachtwey

6. "There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil…" – Walter Lippmann

7. Sudan, 1993 - Famine victim in a feeding centre.

8. WARJAMES NACHTWEY

9. Don McCullinShell-shocked soldier.Petrified (turned to stone), war memorials.

10. DonMcCULLIN

11. Luc DELAHAYE

12. DOCUMENTARYSEBASTIAO SALGADO

13. DOROTHEA LANGE

14. LEE MILLER

15. Joel Meyorowitz Winter Garden, World Financial Center, from After September 11: images from Ground Zero2001

16. JOSEF KOUDELKA

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24. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/6152050/Ten-photographs-that-changed-the-world.html

25. Some examples of War Photographyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/jun/18/war-photographers-interactive

26. Some examples of Social Documentary photography by Ian Berryhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gallery/2011/jun/21/refugee-week-focus-exhibition-in-pictures#/?picture=375886240&index=0