“Not another word of your documentations, dame Shelby, I am not in the mood to bear them.” Earliest instance of the word “documentation” in 1754 by S. Richardson in Hist. Sir Charles Grandison.

“Is art simply an affair of documentation, as the phrase of the day goes?” 1888, Athenaeum. 

Documentation of the Sociological Walk in Brooklyn, NY, 2011. Above photos by the talented Marisa Wong (www.marisawongmedia.com). Slide show assembled by Fred Forest available here.