Top 40 Documentary Photography Influencers in 2026

1. Selaru Ovidiu

Bio Europe, In BetweenAuthor of London in FramesDocumenting people, places & momentsMasterclasses WorldwideAmbassador @rocknrollstrapsandbags *****@selaruovidiu.com Instagram Handle @ovidiuselaru_ Instagram Followers 290.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 478 Documentary Photography Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Zach Dobson

Bio 📷 Documentary & commercial photographer telling stories with and about photography. 🎙️ Co-host of Photography is Nothing podcast. *****@zachdobson.com Instagram Handle @zachdobsonphoto Instagram Followers 151.6K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Georgia & Micah McMaster

Bio 📸 Georgia & Micah | Wedding Photographers 📍Charleston, SC → Worldwide Presets ↓ @_gmpresets_Book With Us ↓ *****@georgiaandmicah.com Instagram Handle @georgiaandmicah Instagram Followers 141.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Get Email Contact

4. Victor Cervantes

Bio 🇨🇺 || Habana, Cuba📸 || Street Photographer 📽️ || Filmmaker | Documentary’s 📍 || Local guide for Photographers Instagram Handle @victorcervantes.dng Instagram Followers 81.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Isadora Kosofsky

Bio Documentary Photographer | @natgeo @nytimes & others | TED Fellow @tedfellow | Book “Senior Love Triangle” published by @kehrerverlag | Based in LA Instagram Handle @isadorakosofsky Instagram Followers 80.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Hannah Kutner

Bio international storytelling photographerupcoming travel: nyc, ireland, italyinquire below | @han.kutnerall love is celebrated here *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @wildfaithphoto Instagram Followers 64.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Anthony Geathers

Bio Sports, Portrait and documentary Photographer. Brooklyn,NY native since 1990. 🔫🔫. Firestarter🔥🔥 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @anthonybgeathers Instagram Followers 54.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Edwin Torres

Bio Father. Photographer. Car Enthusiast.Digital Comms @ok4wd Offroad Build @thatgx460guy *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @edwintorresphoto Instagram Followers 52.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -5% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Eugene Richards

Bio American documentary photographer and filmmaker based in New York CitySo sorry, I don’t respond to DMs *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @eugenerichardsphotography Instagram Followers 44.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Alex Wroblewski

Bio Photojournalist based in DC.Frequent contributor to @afpphotoPreviously 📸: 🇹🇷🇮🇶🇸🇩 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alexwroblewskiphoto Instagram Followers 43K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Dotan Saguy

Bio Photographer based in Los Angeles. @LeicaAkademieUSA instructor. @Kehrerverlag author. Co-founder of Storyteller-workshops.com *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @dotansaguy Instagram Followers 40.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Ethan Swope

Bio Photojournalist & Documentary FilmmakerLos Angeles *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ethanswopephoto Instagram Followers 35.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Susie Shapira

Bio She/Her. Photojournalist, documentary photographer, filmmaker, writer, traveler, mom.Check out my latest project @borderdocumentary and on Facebook Instagram Handle @suzqz3 Instagram Followers 32.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Danny Wilcox Frazier

Bio Photographer/FilmmakerThe VII Foundation Midwest/Great Plains/Iowa Instagram Handle @dannywilcoxfrazier Instagram Followers 31.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Lee Hicks

Bio Documentary/Street/Fine Art Photographer. Joyfully documenting the world and its inhabitants. *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @leehicks151 Instagram Followers 31K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Kaitlyn

Bio Worldwide Digital & Film Documentation-Imagery curated to you, for Him- Huge fan of compassion & raw emotion Here for the cool kids & the cowboys *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ksvobodaphotography Instagram Followers 30.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Bob Cooley

Bio Documentary, Photojournalist & Corporate Photographer, people watcher, perpetual student📷Mostly Fuji-X | All images ©Bob Cooley *****@bobcooleyphoto.com Instagram Handle @bobcooley Instagram Followers 26.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Rachel Bujalski

Bio Photographer Working with @nytimes @theatlantic @bloomberg etc San Francisco, California *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rachelbujalski Instagram Followers 25K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Margaret Wroblewski

Bio Washington, D.C.Co-Founder @gatheraroundfilm *****@margaretwroblewski.com Instagram Handle @margaretwroblewski Instagram Followers 23.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Maxine Noel

Bio Inspiring you to see the world differentlySouth Africa 🇿🇦 → the world | 25+ countriesFounder @linguaelite_ukExhibited in Athens & London *****@maxinenoelphotography.com Instagram Handle @maxinenoel Instagram Followers 19.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Stephen Crowley

Bio Artist and documentary photographer in Washington DC. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @crowleygraph Instagram Followers 19.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Emmy Kienast

Bio Photographer & Creative DirectorCLT | NYC | CHS | LAInquire: *****@emmykienast.studio@emmykienastweddings Instagram Handle @emmykienastphotography Instagram Followers 17.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Eric T. Kunsman

Bio Professor- RIT • Collaborator • Artist• Social Documentary photographer based in Rochester, NY • Founder, Booksmart Studio *****@erickunsman.com Instagram Handle @eric_kunsman Instagram Followers 13.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Lisa Guerriero

Bio •Documentary Photographer •DM for assignments, licensing, or prints📍Los Angeles *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @analogstreets Instagram Followers 13.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Martin Grahovski

Bio Nostalgia fueled storyteller Canon Bulgaria Partner 🎥@nostalgiadocs founder 🍿@inglobomagazine InСтории co-host 🎙️ *****@3minutemedia.com Instagram Handle @mgrahovski Instagram Followers 5.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Artur Bergart

Bio Framing life. Making documentary films. Based in Berlin. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @arturbergart Instagram Followers 3.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Liubov Vintonyak

Bio DOCUMENTARY REALITY WITNESSPortfolio @documentary_realitywitness YouTube REALITYWITNESSDrone @ly_aerovistauaIllustrator @illustration_ua_soul Instagram Handle @liu.photography_ Instagram Followers 3.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Ernest Kodjo Ayikpah

Bio 📸 Documentary Photographer documenting the human experience. Available for assignments and commissions. Ghana Instagram Handle @kodjoayi Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Miro Kuzmanovic

Bio 📸 Real people, bold stories.🎞️ Visuals for brands & creatives.🏆 Award-winning Artist | Based in AT.🌍 Available worldwide.📩 DM for inquiries *****@mirokuzmanovic.com Instagram Handle @mirokuzmanovicphoto Instagram Followers 2.3K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Maurício Azzolini

Bio Co-fundador @institutosawe e @okoarte Fotógrafo documental Povos indígenas • ribeirinhos • caiçaras DocumentáriosVivências e obras fine art Instagram Handle @mauricioazzolini Instagram Followers 2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Sonny Sampino

Bio "Il futuro appartiene a chi impara più abilità” *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sonnysampino Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Sasha Chernov

Bio documentary photographer digital and filmBerlin Instagram Handle @blacknov Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Nico Knoll

Bio Documentary photographer living on the road - chasing stories that matter.➤ Ostkreuzschule graduate➤ Fine art prints & posters ↓ *****@nicoknoll.de Instagram Handle @nicoknoll Instagram Followers 38.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. Justin Merriman

Bio Freelance photographer and FAA licensed drone pilot based in Pittsburgh, Pa. Prospector, treasure hunter, outdoorsman, and lover of diner breakfasts. *****@mac.com Instagram Handle @justinmerriman Instagram Followers 12.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Jenny Lynn

Bio 🦋🌻🐝🕊🍄Last of a dying breedAward winning docu 📸 & 🎥Digital & Analogue Media mgmt/consulting1 day the 🌍’s downtrodden will have their moment in the☀️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @steadyjenny Instagram Followers 10.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Alex Benyon

Bio ▪️ Street & documentary photography▪️ People, places, stories & moments▪️ Mental health awareness supporter *****@alexbenyon.com Instagram Handle @alexbenyonstreet Instagram Followers 2.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

37. Velar Grant

Bio ♦️Freelance photojournalist ♦️Solo female traveller 40+ countries ♦️Looking for extra in ordinary ♦️Every human being is a story *****@live.co.uk Instagram Handle @velar_grant_documentary Instagram Followers 1.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact