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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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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

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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Ontario
Catherine Cachia
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The thread that runs through all of my work is embracing what’s imperfect, messy and human. Through years of photographing families I’ve learned that the more we force something, the further we get ...
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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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Connecticut
A N N A · H O L D E N ◊ documentary family photographer
Connecticut (& surrounding states.)
Hey there! Anna here! Are you looking for family photos that are DIFFERENT from all the rest? Are you tired and just plain bored with the same old, same old when it comes to family photo sessions? ...
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North Carolina
Christen Alta Photography
Charlotte, NC, North Carolina, South Carolina
“Sometimes you will never know the value of something, until it becomes a memory.” — Dr. Seuss
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United Kingdom
Simon Atkins Photography
Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Hello, I'm Simon Atkins a documentary photographer based in Northamptonshire. My background was in press photojournalism before becoming one of the first UK documentary wedding photographers. I now ...
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Dubai
Ana Backhaus Photography
UAE&Worldwide
Hello, I'm Ana and I am a Portuguese documentary photographer born in Lisbon. My background is architecture but in 2011 I changed my life and switch the ground for the sky becoming a Flight ...
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North Carolina
Melissa Read Healy Photography
Greensboro NC, Asheville NC, Raleigh NC, Athens GA
I believe in documenting authentic family moments that represent your family in all their glory. I enjoy spending time, getting to know each family member, documenting your story as I see it, in ...
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Pennsylvania
Tammy Bradshaw Photography
Southern New Jersey, Philadelphia PA, and Surrounding Areas
I’ve had a camera in my hands for as long as I can remember, and have been photographing parents and their children for over a decade. I specialize in family photography that looks natural and ...
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Australia
Chantel Harding photos and films
Adelaide, Adelaide Hills and Rural SA
I'm Chantel, and as a mum myself, I always wanted to be remembered by my kids as a fun, loving mum. Not the mum who was always too busy, but when I look back through my photos of when my kids were ...
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Germany
Sylvia Fischer Fotografie
Hamburg, Lübeck und Umgebung
Hi, ich bin Sylvia. Ich bin Familienfotografin, weil ich eure Geschichten, die großen und kleinen, leisen und lauten, die zarten und lustigen, die verrückten und die sanften, eure Alltagsschätze ...
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Portugal
Tiny Tales by Angela Azevedo
Porto, Portugal
Hi. I’m Angela. I am a documentary family photographer based in Porto, Portugal. My absolute favourite childhood pictures are the ones that do justice to that famous “bad temper” of mine that dad ...
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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.

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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