Conceptual photography has since expanded to include artists such as Cindy Sherman, John Hilliard and Broomberg and Chanarin. For them the medium is much more experimental, taking elements of documentation or staging but re-interpreting them in new ways.
The range of photography included under this title has diversified hugely with the availability of photo-editing software such as Adobe Photoshop. This allows anyone with a computer to create an image which is other than a direct representation of what was in front of the lens.
Likewise, platforms such as Instagram and Flikr have allowed any smartphone user to share their photography and create entire portfolios of work.  Nancy Forrester  is an example of one of these photographers; using Instagram to create an entire narrative around a non fictional identity. People up close and personal with Trusting Parrots