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Documentary Family Photographers

Worldwide Directory & Community

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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About DFP & The Community

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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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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Featured Photographers

India
Manasi Photography
Mumbai, India
Capturing beauty of everyday life with documentary approach.
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Canada
Jordan Lyall Photography
Toronto and surrounding areas. Available for travel through southern Ontario.
Jordan Lyall photography is based near Toronto, Canada and offers documentary photography across southern Ontario. A professional photographer for 15 years, Jordan loves celebrating real stories ...
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Italy
Elisa Cesca
Treviso, Italy
Hi! My name is Elisa, I’m a mom and a photographer living in Italy, near Venice. I believe in the truth and I really love the authentic emotions. I consider documentary family photography my voice: ...
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United Kingdom
Irma Arrowsmith Photography
East and West Sussex, United Kingdom
Hello, I am Irma. A documentary family photographer based in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. My story starts in a small town in the Netherlands - which is just how you'd imagine it to be: ...
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Germany
Ana Guisado – Spanish documentary photographer in Munich
Munich
I'm a Spanish photographer based in Munich, Germany. People say I'm relaxed and easygoing, and so are my sessions. My goal is to capture real life as it is, the connections between family members, ...
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Italy
Elisa Cesca Photography
Treviso, Italy
Hi! My name is Elisa, I’m a mom and a photographer living in Italy, near Venice. I believe in the truth and I really love the authentic emotions. I consider documentary family photography my voice: ...
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Alberta
Marie-Pierre Photography
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Marie-Pierre is a documentary family photographer, graphic designer and illustrator based in Sherwood Park, a suburb of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Easygoing and open-minded, the mother of two ...
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United States of America
Lifetime Lens by Susannah Stevens
Washington, DC and surrounding suburbs
A fellow photographer once laughed and called me a "connoisseur of light." The laugh was for a photo of my kiddo's giggling face bathed in sunshine, with the toilet seat behind her head. I do love ...
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Australia
A mother’s love
Sydney
Photographer and videographer based in Sydney, Australia.
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Europe
Mafe Fernandez Photography
Switzerland
Maria Fernanda is a professional photographer since 2010, and from the beginning her photography approach has been documentary and photojournalistic. Now based in Zurich, serving all regions of ...
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Virginia
I help moms be seen and heard through photos.
Hampton Roads
My favorite memories as a child were baking chocolate chip cookies from scratch with my mama, hiking around the little log cabin we lived in (with a dozen cats in tow), and going out in the woods ...
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United Kingdom
Emma Collins Photography
London & St Albans
What if you could have a photoshoot that looked in on your family and captured the real ‘you’. A photoshoot that gave you a new perspective of your family, how you love each other, comfort one ...
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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.

Point of Views

November 26, 2020
Personal photography experiences from our documentary family photographer community
Image by Annie Gozard, Paris, France   If you've ever been curious about what ...
April 23, 2020
Documentary self portrait tips by Anna Holden Photography
This week, Hartford, Connecticut-based documentary family photographer Anna Holden is ...
January 30, 2020
Point of view: Julie Brown Photography
This week, New York City-based documentary family photographer Julie Harwood is sharing ...
December 26, 2019
Point of view: Lavinia Nitu
This week, Italian family documentary photographer Lavinia Nitu is sharing her point of ...
October 24, 2019
Point of view: Amy Thelen
This week, Portland-based documentary family photographer Amy Thelen is sharing her ...
September 19, 2019
Point of view: Lauren Gayeski
This week, Philadelphia and South Jersey documentary family photographer Lauren ...
August 29, 2019
Point of view: Jennifer Adams
This week Gloucestershire, UK, based documentary family photographer Jennifer Adams is ...
July 11, 2019
Point of View: Alice Chapman
This week Cambridge, UK based photographer Alice Chapman is sharing her documentary ...

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