photographie du réel

English translation: documentary photography and photojournalism

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French term or phrase:photographie du réel
English translation:documentary photography and photojournalism
Entered by: Jenny Cowd

12:31 Jun 18, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Journalism / photography
French term or phrase: photographie du réel
Comme nous l’avons vu tout au long de cette présentation, qui est plutôt une suite de réflexions issues de mon expérience qu’un abécédaire de la photographie du réel...
Jenny Cowd
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:54
documentary photography and photojournalism
Explanation:
I'm not sure that a close lliteral translation is used in English. According to a paper by photographer Gilles Saussier, la photographie du réel incudes : "photojournalisme, reportage, documentaire, anthropologie visuelle, sociologie", so perhaps you could give a translation of part of this list.
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Jessica Edwards
France
Local time: 10:54
Grading comment
thanks all
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1real life photography
ormiston
3 +1documentary photography and photojournalism
Jessica Edwards
3real snapshot
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3unscripted, spur-of-the-moment, real photography
Claire Nolan
3photographing real life
Michel F. Morin
4 -2real photography
Constantinos Faridis (X)


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
real snapshot


Explanation:
HTH

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
unscripted, spur-of-the-moment, real photography


Explanation:
Les problématiques liées à la photographie du réel sont multiples, venues par exemple de la nouveauté du genre (désormais admis au rang des activités artistiques, puisqu’il entre au musée, reçoit une reconnaissance de nombreux organismes culturels, etc.), mais également de son caractère forcément évolutif. Se posent entre autres les questions suivantes, que nous avons voulu aborder :



a. Le souci esthétique affiché par un photographe est-il conciliable avec les préoccupations éthiques ? Notamment, la représentation de la douleur peut-elle être belle à voir ? Question d’actualité, que pose aussi Michel Poivert dans son ouvrage récent La Photographie contemporaine (voir bibliographie).

b. Quelle déontologie accompagne ou régule l’activité du photographe ? (Voir notamment, à ce sujet, l’activité pratique 4 et activité pratique 5)

c. Où sont les limites entre la photographie, source d’information, et la photographie œuvre d’art ?

d. Comment recevoir la photographie humanitaire (dont l’objet est la guerre ou la catastrophe, par ex.) ? Quelles sont ses ambiguïtés (est-ce le regard ou l’objet regardé qui est mis en valeur) ?
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/f3mitic/scenarios/0203/moret/www52...



Claire Nolan
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
photographing real life


Explanation:
A suggestion...

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 10:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
real photography


Explanation:
Wedding and family portrait photographer Traci Turchin runs Real Photography. Fun, modern wedding photography and portraits from a Colorado Springs ...
www.realphotography.com
14 Jun 2010 ... Welcome to the Real Photography blog! We are wedding and portrait photographers based in Colorado Springs. Here in our blog, Traci shares ...
realphotography.com/blog
Real Photography is the place for all your photographic needs. Portraits of men, women and children, along with pets are our greatest strengths.
www.realphotography.us
Keep It Real Photography. Real people. Real photos. Real life. ©2008 Keep It Real Photography - All rights reserved. Contents of this web site and all ...
www.keepitrealphotography.com

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 11:54
Native speaker of: Greek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Claire Nolan: The refs are inappropriate. Wedding photos are just the opposite of ''photographie du réel''.
1 hr

disagree  philgoddard: These are not proper references - they're just business names
2 hrs
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
documentary photography and photojournalism


Explanation:
I'm not sure that a close lliteral translation is used in English. According to a paper by photographer Gilles Saussier, la photographie du réel incudes : "photojournalisme, reportage, documentaire, anthropologie visuelle, sociologie", so perhaps you could give a translation of part of this list.


    Reference: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_...
Jessica Edwards
France
Local time: 10:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks all

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SMcG (X): Spot on! http://www.ensa-nancy.fr/Photographie-du-reel
1 hr
  -> Thanks!

agree  Rachel Fell: http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/f3mitic/scenarios/0203/moret/www52...
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Rachel

disagree  Paul Reeve: Not so sure. These terms have virtually identical and perfect equivalents in French. Both of those links point to pages for courses with a highly theoretical and philosophical approach, which you can see also in other Google results for this phrase.
1 day 28 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
real life photography


Explanation:
seems to hit the spot. I hestitated to post a separate answer as several are close

ormiston
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Mouton
3 days 19 hrs
  -> thanks Sandra
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