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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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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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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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Ontario
Kristine Nyborg – documentary family photographer. Your everyday in a time capsule.
Ottawa, Ontario
Your family, your chaos, your moments, your everyday. When the dust settles and you have time back in your life, those are the things you’ll want to look back and remember. I’m a photojournalist ...
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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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Netherlands
Marieke Zentjens ~ documentary Family and Wedding photographer
Maarheeze
Marieke Zentjens loves to document life, love and happily ever after. Capturing moments that are telling stories is what she loves to do most. Her goal is to capture life as it is with love, ...
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Colorado
Miranda Fan Photography
I am a family documentary photographer based in beautiful Boulder, CO, specializing in family photofilms I call A Day in the Love℠
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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
Rosie Parsons Photography
Devon + London + everywhere inbetween
At Rosie Parsons Photography, we're on a mission to make sure children have beautiful memories of you - their lovely mum. So often we're the one taking the photos of everyone else, but we're never ...
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Florida
Heather Whitten Photography
Heather Whitten is a photographer and mother of four living in Tampa, Florida.
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Netherlands
RAW familiefotografie
Leiden en Den Haag
Liesbeth is a documentary photographer located in the Netherlands but she will travel anywhere. Her main language is Dutch, but English is a good second language for her and not a problem at all. ...
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Italy
Sara Paolucci Photography
Documentary family and holidays photographer based in Rome
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Florida
Lauren Mitchell Photography
Hi, I'm Lauren and I'm a photographer in the Central Florida area specializing in documentary family sessions and weddings. I believe in the power of boring things and the weirdness of children ...
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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

August 24, 2019
Real life with a newborn VII
Contributing Photographer
The newborn time can go by in a blur – and documentary family photography is a way to ...
August 8, 2019
Together We Heal – personal photography project by Kristy Wolfe
Contributing Photographer
It all started when my first son, Kane, was born eight weeks premature and with a ...
August 1, 2019
Documentary family “portraits” VII
Contributing Photographer
During documentary family sessions noting is staged – which means that any family ...
July 18, 2019
The everyday matters V
DocuFamPhotogs
When you think about holding your pictures in your hands, what do you want them to ...

Photographers Highlight

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 ...
May 16, 2019
Point of View: Nicole Sanchez
Contributing Photographer
This week Nicole of Nicole Sanchez Photography in Alexandria, Virginia is sharing her ...
April 18, 2019
Point of View: Simona Dietiker of Momoland Photo
Contributing Photographer
This week Simona Dietiker of Momoland Photo based in Switzerland is sharing her ...

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