"Toward a Philosophy of the Documentarian" by Dan Geva offers an in-depth analysis of the concept of the documentarian. The book examines the role of the documentarian as a unique extended signature and develops a model of a fourfold sign structure based on the traditions of philosophy, semiotics, psychoanalysis, and documentary theory. Geva highlights the intellectual foundations that enable the documentarian to present themselves as an extremely complex, creative, and purposeful being in the world. The historical embedding of the documentarian and their ability to manifest throughout their entire documentary life project are also addressed. This investigation presents the documentarian as an independent conceptual phase in the history of ideas, thus providing a valuable contribution to the theoretical discourse on documentary.