1. Social Documentary Photography
A style of Photojournalism defined as ‘a depiction of the real world by a photographer whose intent is to communicate something of importance—to make a comment or opinion—that will be understood by the viewer’
Using the camera not only as an instrument of art, but social commentary

2. Dorthea Lange
was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography.

3. Lewis Hine
was an American photographer who used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States

4. Modern Social Documentray Photography
Phillip Tolendano
Days With My Father is a son's photo journal of his aging father's last years

5. Mary Ellen Mark
Social commentary about loss of innocence.