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【 iyashi 】
The main demands of photography to record life, material comes from life and true, reflect what we see
Therefore, the value of documentary photography recorded and preserved, as a unique social witnesses qualifies.
Nuclear heart
1, when it was born, westerners have named it the Document of Photography. According to the meaning of "Document" is the most basic, it should be refers to a kind of proof, evidence and documents effect of type of photography.
2, in China the last name for "documentary photography", also express the meaning of literature and history calendar, also emphasized the value of the authenticity of category.
3, according to both named positioning, documentary photography should be a true record of human society, its subject matter content is has certain social significance and historical literature value.
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【 Historical term】
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Documentary photography, documentary photography), in terms of photography, the first to use the "documentary" the word is the beginning of the 20th century, French photographer's benevolence, hot.
"Documentary" the word comes from Latin "docere", meaning "teach"
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In 1935, an American economist, Roy, lake (Roy stryher) is proposed for documentary photography to the next definition, but so far, there is no definition of a public recognition.
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In 1940, the American documentary photographer Dorothea, Lange (are other Lange, 1895-1965) for the English "documentary photography" concept to determine the theoretical implications.
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Documentary photography reflects now, for the future empirical.
Documentary photography reflects the human, the relationship between human and nature.
The main human activities; Describe system in human social life, customs, etc.;
That influences human behavior way of life; Not only need professional workers to participate in, but also need broad amateur photographer.
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In 1985, the United States, south Carolina university master's Stephanie. Anne klein (stphani e Am Rlein) in "the new definition of documentary photography," says:
1, documentary photography is written by a highly skilled, dedicated photographers in any format series of images from the camera, it can grab the real essence of human conditions, presents the conditions of life, whether good or bad.
2, documentary photography is to be studied visual depiction of social conditions. Which reveals the photographer's care, and suggests that may need to make those changes.
3, documentary photography is to interpret the people and the environment, human and social activities of the mutual relationship between the illustrative picture.
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Ase wang is the creator of the Chinese concept of "documentary photography".
In 1984, the first word in "international photography", was the editor of ase wang temporary out for foreign name a certain style of photography. In popular to the 1980 s, this is corresponding to English "Document Photography" concept, soon at home as a mean but there is no exact definition of isolated concept, widely used.
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【 evaluation term 】
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1. [truth]
Documentary documentary, the picture is, of course, must be the first real, authenticity can guarantee that, what about the documentary? When it comes to this involves a posed question, documentary photography does not exclude posed, the key is to comply with the principle of the truth of the matter and things.
And good photographer should have had the characteristics of the director, deliberately waiting also is a kind of man-made arrangement.
Of course, I think the main still should adopt the way of capturing. And is not used in news photography place, otherwise it violates the essence spirit.
In addition, due to the emergence of digital technology and fast development, the truth of documentary photography is challenged, also being questioned more and more, I think that only rely on every photographer's professional ethics and conscience.
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2. [for history leave certificate]
Photography has other record form incomparable advantage;
At the same time, we should feel more responsibility, so pick up the camera captured all comes to the net, and can not be classified as documentary, so we have to carefully, to choose, in order for us in the time flies, for our children and grandchildren, leave indelible and valuable historical testimony.
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3. [someone humanitarian spirit]
Even sweeping such as law, also want to mention not against "good customs", moreover is our documentary photography.
So, compassionate, caring, have a real sense of photographers, not to "zero emotion" for the guidelines, not malicious exposure, not sitting in "down".
Their pain, disease, crime, war, and all the unfortunate, is to can not only express sympathy of shiver, more looking forward to "focusing attention", can cause the thinking of the parties, the possibility of change, make our world a better place!
Documentary photography requires the photographer to maintain fair and Angle, fair record what happened and see the real phenomenon, maintain a focus on human nature.
We know people mainly reflect object, documentary photography is to use a camera as a sketch of an intuitive response, press the shutter, as a photographer, before that, should have a high level of literacy, in the midst of this should have keen insight, have to the life in the new visual image of the sensitive, sensitive to choose the object, to grasp the best time sensitive.
Then, a real photos, often show is profound human power.
Documentary proof or evidence. Record of social life such as photography, and pure photography from different point is, will be taken to the content of the strong appeal to people's nature of individual reports.
Documentary photography photographer care for the environment, respect for life, the pursuit of human nature.
Documentary photographers cold machine to record the edge image or being to "ignore the fact that" often can through the power of the image, make photography tool to participate in society.
In documentary photography didn't load the social background and history, and its critical and revolutionary self-evident.
By-products of documentary photography is a photographer to injustice and darkness, the turmoil on earth, such as the 'cut for recording history, expression and communication. Through the images, they achieve propaganda, and promote social change, make the world more beautiful.
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【 value term 】
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1. [aesthetic value]
(1) the emergence of the documentary photography is a liberation of photography itself.
Documentary photography to reflect the social human nature, to abandon the aesthetic and the tendency of human, which hit a new aesthetic field: in the documentary photography, art has been watered down, aesthetic meaning is stronger.
Because reality principle of work is not a beauty, ugly or the principle of balance, symmetry and so on can interpretation, all of documentary photography is general in under the flag of the people, all about people's documentary works, the meaning of human nature is the most important part of aesthetic significance.
(2) documentary photography, through the painting aesthetics on the net, throw off the tyranny of the painting itself freed himself, but in a large number of "new vision" subjects before and after is established with the help of a set of aesthetic proposition about photography itself, and in their own singular photography offers a new visual field.
(3) as the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century the surprising, YunJueBoGui conceit of poetry drove the readers attention to the text itself, documentary photography reflects the new criticism at the turn of the century the worship of the works of ontology for thought.
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2. [social value]
"Picture of the value not only to measure with aesthetic perspective, must also from the strength of human and social performance on the vision to judge" (his) documentary photography as a witness to the society, from the beginning of human's own dignity, exist, the return of human nature to make unremitting efforts.
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3. [history]
Documentary photography has a profound strength, from the analysis of the meaning of documentary photography is a record the fact of life as the main appeal way of photography, is divided into: human photography and photojournalism.
Is derived from life and true, reflect what we see, in other words, the value of documentary photography recorded and preserved, so, documentary photography is unique, as a witness of the society.
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