image. The phrase "The camera eye cannot lie" does have some weight if used in the style of documentary. Documentary photography is sometimes used to portray a historic event, or as a political statement, for example in war photography. It is a way of showing the world, if they choose to see, the unrestricted access to events that maybe taking place, the images that the mainstream media doesn't or are restricted them to show you. However there is one thing to remember, without the media, such gritty and dark images would not reach the majority of our eyes. Particularly in our current day, the technology we have at hand has made the world smaller, and such thought provoking images are readily available to the average citizen. The internet is most certainly the advance we can thank for that. The camera lens does nothing but lie, even in documentary photography the image produced has been manipulated in some way. Images produced by the photographer are biased to their beliefs and influences, even if it wasn't their intention, democracy gives people that chance to voice their opinions and thoughts on a particular subject, and documentary photographers use it. The way that a subject is lit, the use of their surroundings, whether it is in colour or black and white, the composition, these examples of how the photographer produces an image are used to provoke a feeling in the audience. Bill Brandt for example, portrays images on the life of a coal miner in Northern England are shot in a particular way to add darkness to the world they live in, enhancing the dirtiness of their environment.
             The image to the right is one from Brandt's coal miner series. Its high contrast works wel
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