Category Archives: documentary photography

Documentary Photography 101: Just Do It

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Andy Cline

About 20 years ago I was visiting my parents at my childhood home. There was a party. It might have been a birthday party for one of my parents. I don’t recall. But I do recall having a drunken conversation … Continue reading →

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Documentary Photography 101

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Andy Cline

I was recently in Tua, Portugal — a small village on the Douro River. This is an image I made near the mouth of the Tua River where it meets the Douro. I made this image of the N212 bridge … Continue reading →

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Approaching 1K Images on Instagram

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Andy Cline

I posted my first picture to Instagram on 22 November 2010. I think I was using an early iPhone — the 3G perhaps. It’s just a tree outside my office at Craig Hall on the campus of Missouri State University. … Continue reading →

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The Rhetoric of Camera Size and Dead Cats

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Andy Cline

So people generally act one of three ways when a camera appears. Some ignore you no matter what. I like them the best. Some mug for the camera in various ways. This can actually be useful, depending. It can also … Continue reading →

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Set It and Forget It, Maybe

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Andy Cline

When I was in my photography program in college at RIT back in the 70s, the guy who taught our second-year black & white class had us do an interesting thing: For the entire semester, we could only use one … Continue reading →

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