Documentary photography stands as the "social conscience" of the medium, utilizing the perceived truth of the lens to drive reform and record human struggle. Luminous-Lint offers an exhaustive cross-reference of the documentary tradition, from the social exposes of Lewis Hine to the immersive photo-essays of the 20th century.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Documentary photography |
| 2 | Documentary photography and the nature of time |
| 3 | Documentary photography and advocacy |
| 4 | Documentary photography and ethics |
| Reportage |
| 5 | Early examples of photo reportage |
| 6 | City of Hamburg fire (1842) |
| 7 | George N. Barnard: Oswego Mills (1853) |
| Social commentary |
| 8 | Early examples of using photography to provide a social commentary |
| Great Britain |
| 9 | Richard Beard: Illustrations for Henry Mayhew - London Labour and the London Poor |
| 10 | Joseph Cundall: Construction of the Great Eastern at John Scott Russell's Yard, Milwall (1855-1856) |
| 11 | Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow |
| 12 | Archibald Burns: Edinburgh |
| 13 | Philip Henry Delamotte: The Crystal Palace (1854-1855) |
| 14 | John Thomson: Street Life in London |
| 15 | The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London |
| 16 | Mass Observation (Great Britain) |
| 17 | Nick Hedges: Make Life Worth Living: Photographs for Shelter, 1969-72 |
| 18 | John Bulmer: The North of England |
| 19 | Paul Graham: A1: The Great North Road (1983) |
| 20 | Chris Killip: Seacoal (1983-1984) |
| Canada |
| 21 | William Notman: The construction of Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada (1854-1859) |
| France |
| 22 | Charles Nègre: Vincennes Imperial Asylum (1859) |
| 23 | Adolphe Terris: Rénovation de la Vieille Ville de Marseille (1862) |
| 24 | Charles Marville: France: Paris |
| 25 | Les Travaux Publics de la France (1878-1882) |
| 26 | Delmaet & Durandelle: The Paris Opera (1861-1875) |
| 27 | Louis-Emile Durandelle: Eiffel Tower (1887-1889) |
| 28 | Eugène Atget: The streets and buildings of Paris |
| 29 | Jean-Philippe Charbonnier: Psychiatric hospitals (1954) |
| Spain |
| 30 | Martínez Sánchez: Public works in Spain (1860s) |
| 31 | Juan Laurent: Public works in Spain (1860s) |
| Portugal |
| 32 | Emilio Biel: Construction of the Ponte Maria Pia in Porto (1876-1877) |
| 33 | Emilio Biel: Caminho de Ferro do Douro (ca. 1890) |
| USA |
| 34 | Thomas Easterly: The Destruction of Big Mound (1853-1854) |
| 35 | Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives |
| 36 | Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives - Book covers |
| 37 | Francis Benjamin Johnston: Hampton Album (1899-1900) |
| 38 | Lewis W. Hine: The reform of child labour in America |
| 39 | Lewis W. Hine: Empire State Building (1929-1931) |
| 40 | Margaret Bourke-White: Otis Steel Co. (1928-1929) |
| 41 | Doris Ulmann: Roll, Jordan, Roll (1933) |
| 42 | FSA - Farm Security Administration: Photographers |
| 43 | FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples |
| 44 | FSA - Farm Security Administration - OWI: Early colour |
| 45 | Berenice Abbott: Changing New York |
| 46 | W. Eugene Smith: The Pittsburgh Project |
| 47 | Introduction to New York City Photo League |
| 48 | Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders (1968) |
| 49 | Danny Lyon: Conversations with the Dead (1971) |
| 50 | Larry Clark: Tulsa |
| 51 | Larry Clark: Teenage Lust |
| 52 | Documerica Project (1971-1977) |
| 53 | Allan Sekula: Fish Story |
| Integrity |
| 54 | Image integrity in documentary photography and photojournalism |
| Conclusions |
| 55 | Tracking down the photographed |
| 56 | Photosensitive |
| 57 | Understanding the creation and dissemination of documentary photography |
| 58 | Some thoughts on documentary photography and legacy |
