Social Documentary Photography / Farm Security Administration The term documentary is of relatively recent origin, first appearing about 1900, and was loosely used by film critic John Grierson in 1926. This term is now applied to a particular response in photography and film to the cultural upheavals following World War I and into the present…
Category: documentary photography
Pinhole Photographs: Baja Missions and Roadside Shrines
Pinhole Photography. The first written records of the optical properties of pinholes come from Mo Ti in China during the 5th century BC and in Aristotle’s Problems XV written in 330 BC. Dappled sunlight viewed under trees on clear days is evidence of the optical properties of pinholes. The crescent projections of the sun seen…