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The aim of this chapter is to examine the potential of photography as a means of art and to introduce the different genres of photo-narratives, documentary photography and portraiture that researchers can employ to collect data. While the chapter helps to inform social researchers about the choices they make when doing photographic research, it is also a reminder that when researchers use photographs to collect data, they simultaneously engage in acts of producing art.
The original version of this chapter was revised: Placement of the figures have been changed. The erratum to this chapter is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7279-6_7
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Langmann, S., Pick, D. (2018). Photography as an Art-Based Research Method. In: Photography as a Social Research Method. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7279-6_2
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