Question

Although similar to documentary photography, how does ethnographic photography differ from it?

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Responses

Ethnographic photography is from the point of view of someone far removed from the culture.

Ethnographic photography is from the point of view of someone far removed from the culture.

Ethnographic photography is from the point of view of someone participating in the culture to some degree.

Ethnographic photography is from the point of view of someone participating in the culture to some degree.

Ethnographic photography involves some element of personal sharing from the photographers own early life.

Ethnographic photography involves some element of personal sharing from the photographers own early life.

Ethnographic photography is exactly the same as documentary except there are never any humans involved in the images.

Ethnographic photography is exactly the same as documentary except there are never any humans involved in the images.
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Answer 1

Ethnographic photography is from the point of view of someone participating in the culture to some degree.

Reason: ethnographic work is tied to anthropological/participant-observer methods, documenting cultural practices from an insider or engaged researcher's perspective.