At the Getty - Engaged Observers

Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties opens tomorrow at the Getty, focusing on stories that used to be funded by magazine but which are now threatened with extinction:

In the decades following World War II, an independently minded and critically engaged form of photography began to gather momentum. Since then a host of photographers have combined their skills as reporters and artists, developing extended photographic essays that delve deeply into humanistic topics and present distinct personal visions of the world. Embracing the gray areas between objectivity and subjectivity, information and interpretation, journalism and art, they have created powerful visual reports that transcend the realm of traditional photojournalism. Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties looks in-depth at projects by photographers who have contributed to the development of this approach, including Leonard Freed, Lauren Greenfield, Philip Jones Griffiths, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, James Nachtwey, Sebastião Salgado, W. Eugene and Aileen M. Smith, and Larry Towell.

While there, you can also check out their food photography show, In Focus: Tasteful Pictures, which runs through August 22nd.

Related: LAT piece