I. Introduction
? Documentary photography is a way to record and appeal to the ideal society with the help of photography technology, and its photographic material comes from real life. After entering the 2 1 century, photography should not only maintain tradition, but also develop and innovate, respect authority and publicize individuality, which leads to the distortion of many modern trend works and the relative extension of documentary photography is questioned. In the era of rapid development of photography technology, everyone can take pictures, but exquisite composition and accurate exposure can't seem to replace the emotions and thoughts conveyed by the photos themselves. This is the reason why documentary photography has been developing until now. This paper will analyze from seven points: photography has historical and eternal value, and real photography is disappearing. It will discuss the authenticity of documentary photography, whether it can be replaced, the importance of documentary photography, the reasons for advocating documentary photography and why it will be passed down.
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1. Documentary photography will never be out of date and is the basis of all photography. Documentary photography has historic and eternal value. (1) Li Ge: Photographers may disappear, but thoughtful photographers will never disappear.
(2) Teacher Li Fan once said: I hope that through photography, we can achieve a kind of * * * knowledge, that is, contemporary images should record the times and take pictures for the times, which can fully express a photographer's understanding and improvement of today's photographic images.
(3) Peter Adams: "A good photo lies in the depth of emotion, not the depth of field."
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2. Real documentary photography is gradually disappearing.
? With the gradual collapse of the boundary of documentary photography, what will be the future of documentary photography? Will it be integrated into the whole photographic discourse system like "direct photography"?
(1) The authenticity of documentary photography today
Jason wrote in his paper "On the Network Communication of Documentary Photography —— Taking Tencent Live Column as an Example" that "the authenticity of documentary photography should not only pursue the authenticity of a single picture, but also pursue the authenticity of the whole social landscape. The media plays the role of social safety valve. Different viewpoints, opinions, different positions and attitudes towards facts can be presented and listened to in a media system with both traditional media figures and new media voices, which proves the inclusiveness and inclusiveness of social mentality and the flexibility and elasticity of social structure. The network communication of documentary photography is also an act of decompression and catharsis, which has irrational characteristics. Excessive accumulation of negative information worsens social decompression, infinitely magnifies social problems, and misleads the audience to form a wrong psychological cognition of society. " Tell you a living world, a story intertwined with light and shadow. The changes of the times, the ups and downs of the people, all seeped out from this tiny pore, and finally drew a picture of people's livelihood in China. "The opening words of" Living "show that this column aims to record people's livelihood, not their sufferings. Too much negative content has violated the original intention and painted a false social landscape. "
Photography "Living", photographer Li Xiaowei
(2) Alternative products of documentary photography
This may be the case in the future. Documentary photography will continue to exist in the future professional photography field, but generally speaking, it will be basically replaced by short videos. This is a famous saying in Liu's novel Three-body, which means that destroying your enemy is often not your opponent, but an outsider who has nothing to do with the stadium.
(3) The story behind documentary photography can be traced back.
In the new knowledge of daily photography in Photographic Notes, it says, "Documentary photography is innocent and helpless, so we should pay close attention to" treating "this disease!" "Pretending to be a snapshot is deceiving readers. This is called' malicious impersonation'
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The development of photography is changing with each passing day. If you want photography to enter people's hearts, you still have to return to the essential attributes and record things. Fully demonstrate the charm and value of photographic works with authenticity. Documentary photography is the foundation of all photographic works, so it has great extensibility in the future.
The Importance of Documentary Photography (1)
Robert capa, a famous war correspondent, summed up in his photography: "The camera itself can't stop the war, but the photos taken by the camera can expose the war and stop the development of the war. Robert capa, one of the most famous war photographers in the 20th century, participated in covering almost all the important wars at that time, including the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the First Middle East War. His works truly reproduce the cruelty and violence of war by condensing the "decisive moment". When robert capa is mentioned, most people will think of one of his masterpieces, Death of a Soldier, which captures the moment when * * * and the soldiers died in the war of bullets. As a result, the 25-year-old Kappa is also called the greatest war photographer in the world by many magazines in Europe and America.
Photography Death of a Warrior, by photographer robert capa, 1936.
(2) reasons for praising documentary photography.
The most important reason why documentary photography can develop on a global scale is that people want to use it to come to Eugene Smith, USA, and spend four years photographing the mercury poisoning incident in a small fishing village in Kyushu, Japan. Due to wastewater pollution from nearby enterprises, most villagers in small fishing villages suffered from mercury poisoning, and hundreds of people lost their precious lives. Smith realized that this was the best warning for people to destroy the environment, so he recorded the miserable life of people in the village with a lens and showed the disaster brought by environmental pollution to mankind with pictures. In the whole shooting process, he not only recorded objective facts, but also showed human courage and strength through pictures and words. "Photography is just a small voice at best. But sometimes, a photo or a group of photos can arouse our sense of responsibility. Perhaps many of us are affected by this, and they must find out the problem and find the right path. " Written by Eugene Smith in 1974.
Photo by Minamata Bay, photographer Eugene Smith, 197 1 year.
(3) the sustainable development of documentary photography
It is of great significance and an important and urgent task for the majority of news photographers. Baltermants took many widely circulated and shocking photos of World War II in the Soviet Union. When shooting this semi-abstract attack in 1942, Baltmans used several symbolic elements in Soviet modern photography, such as fuzzy dynamic scenes and low-angle shooting subjects, to highlight the mental outlook of the characters. At first glance, this photo reflects the war scene, but with the transformation of time and space, it will bring people different feelings.
"We filmed many major events that made human beings sad and painful, such as wars, fires, earthquakes and killings. In fact, we are also very willing to shoot the same high-quality themes about happiness, happiness and love. However, I realized that it was difficult. "
Photography "Attack", by photographer Baartmans, 1942.
4. Conclusion
? Documentary photography, as the basis of photography, may be innovative with the progress of the times, but it will never be out of date and has been used all the time. In this paper, Li Fan, Li Ge, robert capa and other famous sayings are used to illustrate that photography is the premise of all photography. On the other hand, from Jason's papers, novels "Three-body" and "Photographic Notes", it is explained whether the story behind modern documentary photography is false. Through the death of the war, the incident of the small fishing village in Kyushu, Japan, and the photographic work "Attack", it is proved that documentary photography is a photography method with the main appeal of recording the reality of life, and the material comes from life and truly reflects what we see. Therefore, documentary photography has the value of recording and preserving history and has the unique qualification as a social witness.
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