The Contemporary Genres of Photography
According to Source Magazine the categories for modern/contemporary photography are the following: • • • • • •
Documentary/Photojournalism Commercial/Fashion Landscape Portraiture Staged/Constructed Urban/Suburban Landscape
Documentary/Photojournalism
Martin Parr
Richard Billingham
Nan Goldin
Tina Barney
Reni Burri
Maciej Dakowicz
Jeff Mermelstein
David Gibson
Henri Cartier- Bresson
Commercial/Fashion
Tim Walker
David LaChapelle
Terry Richardson
Javier Vallhonrat
Helmut Newton
Sarah Moon
Luke Cannon
Landscape
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Paul Seawright
Matthew Albanese
Ansel Adams
Michael Kenna
Chris Simpson
Max & Douglas
Michael Kenna
Portraiture
Rankin
Magali Delporte
Helen van Meene
Loretta Lux
Erwin Olaf
Richard Averdon
Cindy Sherman
Paolo Gioli
Staged/Constructed
Sarah Lynch
Monica Englund
Andrew Zuckerman
Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin’s
Gregory Crewdson
Andreas Gursky
Simon Norfolk
Robert and Shana Parkeharrison
Brooke Shaden
John Stezaker
Mishka Henner
Urban/Suburban Landscape
John Davies
Andrew Brooks
Sohei Nishino
David Dunnico
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Idris Khan