I’m going to do Documentary reportage style for my project. This is because I’m going to aim to produce a story surrounding Leeds United Women’s side and I feel like this I best through a documentary style.
Documentary reportage started in the early 19th century with the invention of daguerreotype which allowed for more detailed images. It was first started in order to capture the world around them in a truthful way.
Don McCullin is a famous photographer in this genre. He is known for his war photos in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. His first war images came in 1964 in Cyprus in which he won the world press photo award. McCullin uses light and dark to add to the dramatic appearance through the monochrome prints. McCullin said: “Darkness to me is energy” when asked about his images.
Another famous photographer is Jane Stockdale who is a sports photographer. Her work aims to focus on celebratory and intimate moments in sports.
The images that Stockdale takes focus on the emotions of the people rather than all the action and tends to stray away from the cliche’s of sports photos especially when it comes to football.
A techniques used in documentary reportage is telling the story with a human relationship as it will make the work more emotive. Another technique is to try capture the subject in the most natural ways possible. Also more generic techniques involve shutter speed in order to reduce the blurr on images and provide more shots of the same action to give the best outcome.
Photographic Journalism 
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