Our Story

A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHERS TO MAKE AN IMPACT BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO BADASS EDUCATION & RESOURCES

Documentary Family Photographers Worldwide (DFP) is a global community, directory, and photography resources & education platform committed to empowering and connecting families and photographers from all walks of life.

We aim to transform perspectives and to create an impact on lives through documentary photography and community.

We believe we can provide people with the ultimate gift of corroboration by connecting families with documentary photographers in their area, as well as by encouraging documentary photographers to elevate their imagery and business through guidance and access to badass education.

Our Mission

Transforming Perspectives

We will grow our space to amplify, support, and celebrate the diverse range of photographers who want to teach in our industry, while bringing our inclusive community rich content so members can learn and grow from the best education possible. Offering a wide variety of educational opportunities including our subscription-based education library for only 20 Euros a month, ensures that documentary photography education is affordable, and accessible to a wide variety of people.

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Meet the Team

Ash (1).jpg — Ash raddatz

CEO & Founder

Roxanne munson

Diversity & Inclusivity Coordinator

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COO & Founder

Allexandra torres

DFP Certification Coordinator

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Community Experience Coordinator

Jana+Bonderman+Wininger_about-3861.jpg — **Jana Bonderman Wininger**

DFP Education Blog Editor

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Education Coordinator

our vision

Making Online Learning Accessible & Fun

our values

Empowering

Empowering photographers by providing a nurturing community where they feel safe to explore their creativity, to push through their own limiting beliefs, to learn, and to transform.

Collaborative

We are better together. Fostering a community of individuals who inspire, teach, and learn from each other daily, we act with empathy, share the passion in what we do. We support each other to reach goals.

Diversified

We embrace a culture of diversity and inclusion. We believe that diverse experiences, mindsets, and backgrounds cultivate exceptional wisdom, awareness, and growth.

Our partners - friends of dFP

DFP Directory Listed Photographers receive exclusives discounts and perks from our amazing Friends of DFP.
We’ve partnered our favourite vendors in the industry in order to bring our listed photographers some of the best products, services and exclusive promotions.
We have also done extensive research on our favourite tools & resource providers for running a kick ass photography business.