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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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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 York
Desiree Walters Photography
Based in Brooklyn, but love the excuse to travel anywhere!
Desiree Walters is a Brooklyn-based documentary family photographer with a focus on creating storytelling images for families with newborns and children of all ages. Her goal is to make tangible ...
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Poland
Paula Krajewska Documentary Family Photography
Paula Krajewska is Polish, German and English speaking documentary family photographer based near Warsaw. Poland. She is Polish, lives with her husband and two daughters in the suburbs of Warsaw. ...
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Canada
West Rouge Photo Co. – Kristina Laukkanen – Toronto, Ontario
Toronto and surrounding areas
Documenting family stories of Love, Connection and Heritage through photography and films.
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Virginia
Bridget Eldridge Photography
Alexandria, VA
Bridget is a Washington, DC-based documentary family photographer who enjoys documenting the joyful, weird and sweet moments in daily life with kids. She lives just outside of the Nation's Capitol ...
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Ukraine
Tania Ruda Documentary Family Photographer
Kiev, Ukraine
I am a creative perfectionist. Everything about photography should be beautiful — an idea, a composition, an emotion, light… And details which often conceal the main beauty. I am a happy wife, and ...
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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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United Kingdom
Eszter Tuhegyi Photography
London, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridge
I am photographing families who frustrated with perfection and comparing, who don't want to send out any more massages about fake values, like spotless and always happy. I show them the beautiful ...
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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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Belgium
LITTLE ISLANDS PHOTOGRAPHY
België
Ik ben Iratxe, een wereldburger die geniet van het contact met mensen! Overal waar ik ga vind ik het heerlijk om me te laten inspireren door families én nieuwe plaatsen . In al mijn creativiteit én ...
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Delaware
Tiffany Caldwell Photography
Rehoboth Beach, DE
I am a photographer, a mother of 5, and I find my most passionate activity is practicing the art of looking. It's more than just being present, it's being a part of the experience without altering ...
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New York
Mikaela Martin
New York, New Jersey
Hello, I'm Mikaela. I am an Australian-born New Yorker. I want to create images that show how sublime the ordinary really is. Before making pictures I was an actor. That work and practice is very ...
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Netherlands
Sandra Stokmans Fotografie
Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Netherlands
I love real, documentary pictures of everyday moments, I love to portray families in any composition or stage of their lives. In their (natural) environment. I love the sincerity, spontaneity, ...
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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.

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November 21, 2019
Capture the rough stuff I
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"Bad weather makes for good pictures"  - Sam Abell Even though Abell means weather ...
November 7, 2019
Real life with teens I
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The little ones often get photographed endlessy – but do you take photos of your ...
October 24, 2019
Point of view: Amy Thelen
Contributing Photographer
The fundamental nature of humanity is fascinating.  The way someone looks, moves, and ...
October 17, 2019
End-of-year family traditions I
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Holidays and traditions are about coming together with family – and slowing down from ...

Photographers Highlight

October 24, 2019
Point of view: Amy Thelen
Contributing Photographer
The fundamental nature of humanity is fascinating.  The way someone looks, moves, and ...
September 19, 2019
Point of view: Lauren Gayeski
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This week, Philadelphia and South Jersey documentary family photographer Lauren ...
August 29, 2019
Point of view: Jennifer Adams
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This week Gloucestershire, UK, based documentary family photographer Jennifer Adams is ...
July 11, 2019
Point of View: Alice Chapman
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This week Cambridge, UK based photographer Alice Chapman is sharing her documentary ...

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