Study Of Documentary Photography With Mutual Consideration Of Authenticity And Artistry

At present,documentary photography has different concepts and connotations in different cultural contexts.Whether from the perspective of shooting content,expression form and creative theme,or from the perspective of creation and viewing,there are a lot of topics worthy of in-depth discussion.Documentary photography,as a kind of photography closely related to social,history,humanities and other disciplines,gives full play to the camera’s natural function of recording and reproduction.The photographed real life establishes a bridge of information transmission between the photographer and the audience.In this process,the photographer is given the legal status of "presence",and the audience is given the visual and psychological authenticity.On the other hand,as a visual art,documentary photography has an independent artistic language system.As the organizer of the photographic picture,the photographer always integrates personal emotional tendency and aesthetic interest in the process of picture control,and injects personal thinking and judgment of real life while transmitting information through the picture.The characteristics of documentary photography determine its creative ideas and methods,that is to say,it adopts the theoretical support with certain laws,the creative methods with real record of reality,and the subjective artistry to realize its value.Typical documentary photography mainly focuses on the choice of realistic themes;the choice of typical characters in typical environment;calm and calm observation,but the details of the real things and the critical view of reality.As mentioned above,as far as the authenticity and artistry of documentary photography are concerned,it is the contradiction and unity of objective information transmission and subjective artistic expression.Take care of each other.As a combination of objective authenticity and subjective artistry,documentary photography has various value forms and artistic forms.With the development of the times,documentary photography changes,resulting in interpretation fission.At present,its subject matter and content constantly infiltrate into the details of social life,the form of expression tends to be complex,and the ideological theme and multi-cultural integration continue.However,in any case,the mutual care of authenticity and artistry is a universal feature of documentary photography.This paper explores the documentary photography under the mutual care of authenticity and artistry,analyzes its value and significance,reflects on some problems it brings,so as to find and summarize the objective laws,supplement the academic research,and provide theoretical support for many photographers’ practice.