EXPRESSIVEExpressive photography involves
photographs that express a
feeling or mood – photographs
that draw the viewer in and creates
an emotional response in them.
Photos that make people say “ooh”
or “ah”.
Man Ray– “Lee Miller 1929”
Arnulf Rainer – “Astronaut”
Arnulf Rainer – “Angst”
Robert Longo– “Men in the Cities”
Nick Knight – “Suzie Smoking”
David Hockney – “My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire”
Jerry Uelsmann – “Floating Tree”
David Hockney – “My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire”
FICTIONAL NARRATIVEA photo that tells a story.
Something told or recounted.
Cindy Sherman – “Untitled #96”
Sandy Skoglund– “Revenge of the Goldfish”
Sandy Skoglund– “Maybe Babies” Sandy Skoglund– “Fox games”
Cindy Sherman – “Untitled Film Still #48”
Cindy Sherman – “Untitled #153”
DOCUMENTARYUsed to chronicle historical or
significant events.
Usually covered in professional
photojournalism but can be
amateur, artistic or academic.
Produce truthful, objective and
usually candid photos, (usually
people).
Jack Aeby– “The First Atomic Bomb”
Eddie Adams– “Street Execution of a Vietcong Prisoner”
Duane Michals– “I Build a Pyramid”
Keith Arnatt– from the “Rubbish Tip” series
Eugene Richards – “Grandmother, Brooklyn”