Documentary Photograghy In China Since The End Of The 20th Century

This thesis try to describe documentary photography by carding those photographers and their works since the end of the 20th century . Since the end of the 20th century ,there is the most significant social transformation stage in China. Documentary photography which in the history of this great change has played a changing role of records.It described the image of reality of the history .And documentary photography is a useful tool.This thesis divided into four parts. The first part describes the generation of documentary photography, as well as the historical context of its various factors, summed up the characteristics of it and described the history of its development, the various stages of finishing the documentary photography theory.Description of the second part of China since the end of the 20th century documentary photography, as well as the social context of their social, political, personnel training, the impact of various factors outside of the documentary photography of China's overall describe, enumerate all the influential photographers and their works.The third part of this paper analyses the documentary photography of china.The fourth part, the confusion faced by documentary photography, and look forward to their way out in front.