Social documentary photography or concerned photography is the recording of what the world looks like, with a social and/or environmental focus. It is a form of documentary photography, with the aim t
"The London Dust-Man", woodcut print from a daguerreotype by Richard Beard, 1851
John Thomson, "Amoy People", from Illustrations of China and Its People, 1873
"London Nomads." Chapter and illustration in Street Life in London, 1877
"Halfpenny Ices", from Street Life in London, 1877, woodburytype after a photograph by John Thomson
Don McCullin
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Sir Donald McCullin is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the undersid
Social documentary photography
…engaged, liberal social documentary photography with the verdict of (leftist) evil. Even for great documentary photographers of the post-war era, such as Don McCullin, W. Eugene Smith or Mary Ellen Mark it was not easy to pursue a subject for a longer time. They were either lone fighters or had to supply stories for…
McCullin on TV Brasil, 2011
Émile Béchard, Femme du Luxor from McCullin's personal selection of photographs from the National Media Museum's collection, 2009.
McCullin receiving the World Press Photo Award in 1964