33 PHOTOGRAPHIC GENRES Explained in Less than 8 MINUTES!
33 PHOTOGRAPHIC GENRES Explained in Less than 8 MINUTES!
This is an anthology of the 33 most popular photographic genres.
Even if some of them are connected, some influence each other and create other deviations, branches, and sub-genres, these 33 can be considered proper categories because they all require specific equipment, knowledge, techniques, and skills.
There are photographers around the world, hobbyists or professionals, which specialize in some of these genres uniquely.
What is going to be your favorite?
Share with us your favorite in the comments down below!
Credits
All the photos are from artists who submitted their work freely on Unsplash.com. If you want to see more of their great work go on Usplash.com and search their names.
Here who they are, in order of appearance:
Thumbnail: Silviannnm, Dmitriy Ilkevich, Dhiva Krishna
01. Landscape: Luca Bravo, Jeremy Bishop, Robert Lukeman, Rodrigo Soares, Karol Kaczorek, Martin Jernberg, Mark Harpur
02. Portrait: Alex Perez, Brooke Cagle, Dmitriy Ilkevich, Peter Sjo, Swapnil Dwivedi, Houcine Ncib, Michael Dam
03. New-Born: Ciprian Sam, Helder Almeida, Katie Smith, Kelly Sikkema, Luma Pimentel, Shelby Miller
04. Family Portrait: Davids Kokainis, Caroline Hernandez, Jonathan Borba, Xavier Mouton, Jonathan Borba, Ben White
05. Street: Edrece Stansberry, 13on, Omid Armin, Scott Walsh, Serhat Beyazkaya, Simon King
06. Architectural: Brannon Naito, Aideal Hwa, Filip Mroz, Marten Bjork, Chris Barbalis, Fabio Santaniello
07. Real Estate: Evan Dvorkin, Francesca Tosolini, Jason Briscoe, Naomi Hebert, Stephen Leonardi, Michael Glass, Aaron Huber
08. Sport/Action: Matt Pet, x), Guy Kawasaki, Marvin Ronsdorf, Chuttersnap, John Verhoestra
09. Wild Life: Janko Ferlic, Hayden Walker, Will Shirley, James Wainscoat, Redcharlie, Uriel Soberanes
10. Bird: Jan Meeus, Vincent Van Zalinge, Sneha, Kevin Mueller, Timothy Dykes, Paulo Brandao
11. Pet: Ruby Schmank, Ryan Walton, Erda Estremera, Tran Mau Tri Tam, Mark Zamora, Zeke Tucker
12. Macro: Duncan Sanchez, David Dawson, v2osk, Aaron Burden, Ekamelev, Hamish Secrett
13. Astro: Bryan Goff, Zoltan Tasi, Eric Schirtzinger, Casey Horner, Zoltan Tasi, John Fowler
14. Aerial: Chuttersnap, Peter Nguyen, John O Nolan, Fuyong Hua, Thana Gu, Rod Long
15. Product: Ash Edmonds, Paul Gaudriault, Marc Olivier Jodoin, J Luis Eesquivel, Pavel Fertikh, Tamara Bellis, Hubble
16. Food: Brooke Lark, Brooke Lark, Calum Lewis, Cayla1, Louis Hansel Shotsoflouis, Joseph Gonzalez
17. Fashion: Jeremy Beadle, Alex Blajan, Atikh Bana, Brooke Cagle, Mubariz Mehdizadeh, Makhmutova Dina
18. Underwater: Pietro Jeng, Lawrson Pinson, Jonas Allert, Joel Filipe, Francesca Zama, Alice Alinari
19. Nude: Dynamicwang, Ava Sol, Casper Nichols, Dainis Graveris, Dainis Graveris, Alexander Krivitskiy
20. B/W: Nathan Dumlao, Alex Iby, Christophe Dutour, Christopher Burns, Fabrice Villard, Lisa Del Arte
21. Night: Yeshi Kangrang, Yiran Ding, Todd Diemer, Tommy Tong, Filip Mroz, Rayul
22. Long Exposure: Ian Simmonds, Vanveenjf, Alexander Raissis, Austin Neill, Brendan Miranda, Lily Banse
23. Tilt-Shift: Daniel Tafjord, David Marcu, Marco Forno, Matt Milton, Chuttersnap, Jamie Street
24. Travel: Grant Ritchie, Luca Bravo, Drif Riadh, Timo Stern, Rolands Varsbergs, Oliver Sjostrom
25. Car/Vehicle: Steven Binotto, Serge Kutuzov, Chuttersnap, Campbell Boulanger, Dhiva Krishna, Evgeny Tchebotarev
26. Urbex: Hieu Vu Minh, Hoshino Ai, Joseph Barrientos, Natalya Letunova, Matthew Henry, Radek Kilijanek
27. Photojournalism: Randy Colas, Randy Colas, Mostafa Meraji, Mostafa Meraji, Mostafa Meraji, Doug Linstedt
28. Still Life: Street Donkey, Nathan Dumlao, Marcus Cramer, Kin Li, Brigitte Tohm, Debby Hudson
29. Corporate: Reza Rostampisheh, Matthew Henry, Alex Hudson, Gregory Hayes, Helloquence, Ali Morshedlou
30. Abstract: Lucas Benjamin, Jr Korpa, Jr Korpa, Ahmad Dirini, Ash Edmonds, Callum Wale
31. Fine Art: Davisco, Ali Marel, Ian Dooley, Junior Ferreira, Vinicius Amano, Ruslan Bardash
32. Event: Sirio, Noiseporn, Franck, Adam Whitlock, Eliott Reyna, Priscilla Du Preez
33. Wedding: Alasdair Elmes, Alex Blajan, Allef Vinicius, Genessa Panainte, Marc A. Sporys, Davids Kokainis, Beatriz Perez Moya
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Formidable, tellement inspirant, merci. Beaucoup…. ! Et bonne continuation..!
The others were great too, but I think my favorite will always be portraits. Love to see people expressions when they see themselves in the pictures
Probably i love street and travel
just what i been searching for, great video
Really amazing video
Helpful amazing video🖤🕯
Thanks buddy, for this video. I am also amateur professional photographer myself. I like to explore nature, fashion, portrait, pet, landscape, nude, architectural and astrophotography, etc. I really appreciate that you really classified different kinds of photography 📸 📷 😊. Looking forward for more videos.
Great video. Very informative. A style I like but not sure I saw it (maybe a different name) is the type that shows human-nature interaction. James Popsys is a popular youtuber who characterizes his style this way. Its more than just landscape.
1, 2, 5, 13, 22, 24
I enjoyed the specificity of the types of photography! This video was required viewing in my Digital Photography course. Spring 2023
Portrait, Landscape, Wildlife, Travel, Cars and Fine Art Photography
Really appreciate this video didn’t know there were soo many different styles! Will be trying a few from this list
Thank you
Love the video. Thank You.
i would like to try out all of them , but sadly some of them are really…. hard to grab into it
Thank you! Your video was really useful! 😊
I will try them all
With just this 8-minutes video and the carefully selected photography shot by different photographers, you’ve been able to show the extraordinary and magical effects of photography in the world.
Sports and action. My subjects are dancers.
Street and doc
Great review of photography! I’m still exploring all the different types, but currently gravitating to portrait, b&w, night, street, and fine art.
❤️Thank you❤️
This was very helpful ✨🙌
I love your video concept. I wish Editorial Photography made the list & that less overlaped. Best fond wishes!
Great Video!
I made Even notes about the Genres I wanna try out like Macro, Black and white, tilt-shift Sounds Amazing.
Great content
nice
What kind of photography is it that just might take a picture of an old lock, maybe one shoe, something that is the only thing in the photo semi close up. I hope you can help me with this, I feel that kind of photography is very story telling. Thanks
Great video. I enjoy urban/ street photography in addition to film photography as well.
Time stamps are a beautiful feature.
Txs
such a great video man!!
Nice video, very easy to understand. Plus I’ve discovered genres I didn’t know of!
But editing is part of photography yeah
Beautiful video! Thanks
Thnks
Awesome video. Thanks 🙏🏽 and ❤️ from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Is there any good corporate photography?
what happened with minimalist
Theres also Street Photography, Toy Photography , etc that you might add
Nice vid👌🏻
Missed car photography
Fashion and corporate
Love it!
Music is quite distracting
Thanks man. Just followed a car photographer you mentioned in the description on instagram.
Those photos were 🔥. I shoot real estate but car photography/videography is something I just started and want to go far in.
Preciate you for sharing the work
Brilliant video! I’ll be using this in my class tomorrow. What a great way to expose high school students to a wide variety of photography options. Thank you!
This deserves more views
Nature photography. Forest version of street photography. I also like abstract when a good subject presents itself