Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle both significant and relevant to history and historical events and everyday life. It is typically covered in professional photojournalism, or real life reportage, but it may also be an amateur, artistic, or academic pursuit.
Opinions on documentary photography are very controversial as they can be perceived differently by all. Most people have a view of it as inhumane to capture images of scenes and events when they could be helping. therefore photographers get negative backlash from images.
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For example in Mongolia 1996 Captured street children in Ulan Bator, Mongolia’s capital, are hosed down before being put into a youth detention center. in the link above shows an image of a tiny child cowers against a cold wall, awaiting his violent shower. Cropping within the viewfinder helps to show how small and frail the boy is in relation to his environment. He is the main subject. But to the side, in a watery light, another boy looks into the lens, judging me or you and seeming to ask if we have the right or the guts to stare. He is ghostly, making his presence all the more ethereal.
There is a refugee crisis in Europe, a young child was washed up on the beach after trying to reach Europe from north Africa. The image is being shown all around the world, however some people have a negative view on the picture as the photographer is obviously just stood watching the event and just taking pictures and offering no help.
This is the link to the image as pictures are not uploading to the blog – https://www.google.com/search?q=boy+washed+up+on+beach&safe=strict&es_sm=122&biw=1280&bih=855&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMIooHI07HdxwIVTAnbCh0QsAIt
