Documentary Photography / Photojournalism
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In the center with the gray body and brown head is a Pink-footed Goose hanging with a flock of Canada Geese. The Pink-footed Goose is far from home. It breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. Found in Bucks County PA. The pic was taken really far away and late in the day with bad light.
The question stands; why would this picture be different from a Real Estate advertisement?
Both would show a structure in an uncritical manner. The difference being -- a Real estate 'document' photo has an intent of use while a 'documentary' style New Topographics photo is a useless image. This is not semantics, but a purpose of use by the photographer at the time of making the image.
reference; Szarkowski.
Plus, "In a NT picture one cannot understand the structure without understanding the landscape and conversely."
Addendum: it is difficult for me to comprehend and subsequently digest the idea of ‘useless’ pictures being worthy of inclusion into the New Topographics genre. But I acquiesce to photography historians who are well adept in this field.
The Beautiful Mess that is the world right now...we don't know quite where to draw our attention with the constant news cycle and sense of pain and suffering all around. It's difficult to focus on the beauty of things and the way the light comes through when you are consumed with it. Joy is an act of resistance indeed!
I watched Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki last night (one of my very favorite directors) and I became a little more hopeful about people even though it's not a documentary. On Criterion Channel and highly recommended.
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There's a disconnect between the cottage chic you'll find in magazines, and the reality of actually living in one. Having money to burn helps, though. Seen in western Ireland.
Documentary style vs. Document photo. Because it is a 'useless' image it falls into the 'documentary style' category of photography.
I present this picture to regain favor in the New Topographics community. Especially after the expressive subjectivity "stagecraft" of my previous two photos.
Amsterdam's huge cruise ship port provides a dramatic setting for a lone individual crossing a light-filled space.
a fleeting symmetry between two strangers separated by glass, each absorbed in a private ritual — one reaching for the sky, the other lost in the glow of her screen. between them floats a promise: crafted by hand & heart.
Russians losing their war in Ukraine and losing badly. Nuclear terrorism did not work out for them at Chornobyl and they want to play the same game at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is much bigger than Chornobyl. It is so unfortunate that we have to share out the beautiful planet with such idiots...
Birmingham past and present 1 of 2.
The Back To Backs, shops and terraced houses dating back to Victorian times. A few of these are preserved by the National Trust and are well worth visiting. It’s quite an eye opener to see how people lived in very cramped conditions, with working families sharing communal washrooms and courtyards. Tours can be booked with the National Trust, my U3A photography group did one a few years back and found it very interesting. Highly recommended.