EXPRESSIVE Expressive photography involves photographs that express a feeling or mood – photographs that draw the viewer in and creates an emotional response in them. Photos that make people say “ooh” or “ah”.

Man Ray– “Lee Miller 1929”

Arnulf Rainer – “Astronaut”

Arnulf Rainer – “Angst”

Robert Longo– “Men in the Cities”

Nick Knight – “Suzie Smoking”

David Hockney – “My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire”

Jerry Uelsmann – “Floating Tree”

David Hockney – “My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire”

FICTIONAL NARRATIVE A photo that tells a story. Something told or recounted.

Cindy Sherman – “Untitled #96”

Sandy Skoglund– “Revenge of the Goldfish”

Sandy Skoglund– “Maybe Babies” Sandy Skoglund– “Fox games”

Cindy Sherman – “Untitled Film Still #48”

Cindy Sherman – “Untitled #153”

DOCUMENTARY Used to chronicle historical or significant events. Usually covered in professional photojournalism but can be amateur, artistic or academic. Produce truthful, objective and usually candid photos, (usually people).

Jack Aeby– “The First Atomic Bomb”

Eddie Adams– “Street Execution of a Vietcong Prisoner”

Duane Michals– “I Build a Pyramid”

Keith Arnatt– from the “Rubbish Tip” series

Eugene Richards – “Grandmother, Brooklyn”