Social Documentary Photography and Concerned photography are both names for the process of taking and displaying images that represent the real world. This type of photography shows environmental issues and tells heartbreaking, real stories.
Compassionate photography is a type of photography that displays emotions about subjects. It draws out compassionate feelings towards the subjects in the image. It can be happy, or gloomy.
From Dorothea Lange’s documentary photography, I’ve learned that just one candid can deeply impact people’s views on the world. The times of the dust bowl and the great depression were much harsher then they seem when they are described in pictures compared to words. We can really get a visualization of the struggles that people and farmers went through. Her black and white style gave the images more of a melancholy look.