This category covers all photography which documents events and records them, or which is used to tell a story. Sometimes the camera captures events as they occur, to be published as news. In other cases, it documents an ongoing condition or situation for public awareness. Exploring this area on the Web will lead you to examples of work by famous photojournalists such as Alfred Eisenstadt. You can also see how photography is being used to visually describe the plight of the homeless.

On February 28, 2002, nearly 100 leading photojournalists from 26 countries were sent across the African continent to 50 nations and instructed only to shoot what they saw. The result was David Elliot Cohen's A Day in the Life of Africa. Review the digital photography process & view the photos. Visit the A Day in the Life of Africa website.

Digital Journalist FiftyCrows Foundation - Working for Positive Social Change Smithsonian Photographs On-Line Every Picture Tells a Story Making Sense of Documentary Photography Walker Evans Project Photography, History and Journalism at University of Minnesota FocalPoint f/8 Analysis of Documentary Photography

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