Family Photography Blog
Welcome to the family photography blog from This is Reportage: Family! This is the area of the site where we'll be bringing you all our latest features; a veritable treasure-trove of documentary family photography goodness! Check back regularly for new features.
Documentary Family Photography: 35 Reasons Why
“Why is documentary family photography so important?”
That’s the question we put to our members recently, and their answers – which you can read below – are totally inspiring; a mixture of personal stories and professional experiences from 35 photographers all over the world.
100 Members Already!
100 members already! Wow, we truly can’t believe the response we’ve had since launching – less than a week ago! – with today seeing us welcome our 100th member already.
It is absolutely thrilling to see photographers join us from literally all over the world, including Belgium, Germany, Spain, Ireland, USA, Netherlands, UK, France, Italy, Slovenia, and more…
Launching This is Reportage: Family!
We are *so* excited today to be launching This is Reportage: Family!
The home of documentary family photography, we’ll be showing the world the art, power, importance and beauty of family photography – featuring the very best natural, unposed captures of families from all over the world. Because these are the moments that truly matter; these are the images that will be cherished for all time.
Revealing our Judges for Collection One
We’re honoured and thrilled to reveal our judges for our very Awards Collection! These are (clockwise, from top-left): Joshua D’hondt, Pedro Vilela, Anna Hardy, Fabio Mirulla and Leonard Walpot.
The calibre of photography these judges represent is outstanding; we can’t wait to see what they choose as their Reportage Family Award (for individual captures) and Family Story Award (for a series of 15 – 20 images of a single family) winners soon!
Submissions are open for our very first Collection; submit by 23:59 BST on 24th July 2020. Find out all the benefits of membership (including 60 Reportage Family Award entries and 18 Family Story Award entries per year) and join us.
What is Documentary Family Photography?
Documentary family photography, simply put, is about capturing the real, natural moments – not posing you, not setting you all up in front of a fake white screen and getting you to grin at the camera; but rather capturing you, being you.
The way your son throws his head back as you’re tickling him; your daughter’s grimace of concentration as she’s trying to get her school tie on just right; grandma’s look of intense pride as she watches her grandkids play in the garden; mum and dad holding hands as they wait for the ultrasound scan – these are all real, natural moments that documentary family photography captures.
