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Documentary family photographers is a worldwide community & directory, celebrating real family life and connecting families with documentary photographers in their area.

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What is Documentary Family Photography?

Documentary family photography preserves the story of your family life right now: nothing posed or directed; simply honest moments, beautifully photographed.

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Code of Ethics & Professional Standards

Documentary Family Photographers adheres to the DFP Code of Ethics & Professional Standards which was created by photographers in our community. Read more about what makes our photographers the best!

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New Jersey
Lauren Gayeski Photography
Philadelphia, South Jersey and Shore Areas
I’m Lauren Gayeski, a documentary family photographer living near the beaches of southern New Jersey with my husband and our three sons. As former Philadelphians, we traded city life for a house in ...
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Germany
Patrizia Iaconisi Documentary Photographer
Ulm
Patrizia is a documentary photographer with the focus on the beauty of truth & love. She was born in 1977 as the daughter of an Italian guest worker with Greek roots and a heart of gold, who ...
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Netherlands
Liv Stephen Photography
Documentary family photographer, based near Amsterdam and Haarlem, Netherlands.
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Brazil
Giovanna Guiotti
Brasília
Passionate about spontaneity, I employ the knowledge and abilities I acquired working in clinical psychology with children and families to bond with the subjects I’m shooting. This enables me to ...
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Europe
Sylwia Szuder Fotograf
Hi there! I'm Sylwia, and I’m a family photographer. I work for people who love to have their true and raw family memories documented and saved from being forgotten. Every moment is worth ...
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Europe
Authentic family photographer – Brussels, Belgium – Ralitza Soultanova
Brussels
Real life photography for your family! Capture the magic of childhood. I love to show the true story of your family. All the moments are interesting – the calm and the chaos, the funny and the ...
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Netherlands
No Cheese Please | Documentary Family Photography
Harderwijk
Hi! I am Annemarie Rikkers and I am a photographer and seeker of the real and raw beauty in everyday (family) life. My ambition is to drive out all the fake things we put on social media to let ...
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Germany
Natalia Smirnova
Berlin
I am a Russian living in Berlin (Germany) with my architect husband and three kids. After having spent a decade in publishing as a literary agent, editor and translator, I turned to photography. I ...
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United Kingdom
Jess Cheetham Photography
Hi there! My name is Jess. And I am a documentary family photographer from Bath, Somerset. And to put it simply, I adore people and I portray the raw intimacies of daily life. I live with my ...
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California
Jana Bee Photography
Los Angeles, CA
Hi! I'm Jana (like banana) and I'll let you in on a little secret. Your real life is so damn beautiful. I swear, it's pure art. It's the good stuff, the double stuff, the sweet, sweet honey ...
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California
Now & Ever Photography
Hi! I’m Melissa, a Los Angeles based family documentary photographer. I’m a photographer that wholeheartedly loves and believes in capturing the beautiful, glorious, everyday chaos that surrounds ...
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Denmark
Frederikke Brostrup Documentary Family Photographer
Copenhagen
Frederikke Brostrup (born 1969) I live in the middle of Copenhagen with my gorgeous husband and son. I love knitting, drinking, laughing, eating, fishing, dancing….and if everything is possible ...
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Transforming perspectives by keeping it real

DFP connects families and photographers all over the world and transforms perspectives through documentary family photography. DFP provides community, inspiration and business guidance in a fun, friendly and familiar environment inclusive for everybody seriously interested in documentary family photography.

Newest Blog Posts

October 17, 2019
End-of-year family traditions I
DocuFamPhotogs
Holidays and traditions are about coming together with family – and slowing down from ...
October 10, 2019
Document grandparents for your kids I
DocuFamPhotogs
Grandparents are part of our story. Pictures that tell us about who they are and what ...
September 26, 2019
The everyday matters VI
DocuFamPhotogs
Our job as documentary family and newborn photographers is not (always) to make ...
September 19, 2019
Point of view: Lauren Gayeski
Contributing Photographer
This week, Philadelphia and South Jersey documentary family photographer Lauren ...

Photographers Highlight

September 19, 2019
Point of view: Lauren Gayeski
Contributing Photographer
This week, Philadelphia and South Jersey documentary family photographer Lauren ...
August 29, 2019
Point of view: Jennifer Adams
Contributing Photographer
This week Gloucestershire, UK, based documentary family photographer Jennifer Adams is ...
July 11, 2019
Point of View: Alice Chapman
Contributing Photographer
This week Cambridge, UK based photographer Alice Chapman is sharing her documentary ...
June 6, 2019
Point of View: Margaret Albaugh
Contributing Photographer
This week Spokane, WA based photographer Margaret Albaugh is sharing her documentary ...

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