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Documentary family "portraits" IX

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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

Wisconsin
Jen Lucas Photography
Madison, but also serving Milwaukee, Chicago, and Twin Cities
I’m Jen, a Documentary Family Photographer in Madison, Wisconsin… We all have extraordinary moments in our life—be it birth, recitals, trophies, graduations, weddings, promotions.  They should be ...
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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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Germany
Julia Rose-Greim Fotografie
Halle/Leipzig
Als Mama von drei wundervollen Jungs weiß Julia Rose-Greim wie chaotisch wundervoll Familienleben ist und hat sich daher auf dokumentarische Familienfotografie spezialisiert. Kinder und Eltern im ...
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Poland
Paula Krajewska Documentary Family Photography
Warsaw
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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New York
Tova Friedman Photography
New York
Tova Friedman is a NYC native, who photographs families doing what they normally do... you know— the kind of stuff that makes every day start to blend into the next, until you suddenly realize that ...
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Slovenia
Polona Avanzo
Ljubljana
I have always been interested in photography but my curiosity and love for nature led me to study forestry. However, my passion for photography never left me. After my degree in forestry, I started ...
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Netherlands
Christie Agema Fotografie – Documentary Family, Newborn, Maternity and Birth Photography
Ootmarsum, Netherlands
In English, for Dutch, please scroll down: Christie is a documentary family photographer who specializes in family, newborn, maternity and birth photography. She lives in beautiful Twente, in the ...
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Poland
Sylwia Szuder Fotograf
Warsaw
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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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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United Kingdom
Jess Cheetham Photography
Bath, Somerset
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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Virginia
Ariane Audet Photography
Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland
Hi, I'm Ariane! I am a photographer who loves to document the uniqueness and simple beauty of humans. Born and raised in Montréal, I work and live in Virginia with my husband Michael, and my two ...
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Oregon
Amy Thelen, Photographer
Portland, OR
Amy is a documentary family photographer based in beautiful Portland, OR. She specializes in finding the extraordinary in the seemingly mundane and tells your story with authenticity. Amy has a ...
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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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