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The Photo Bill of Rights – PhotoShelter Blog

PhotoShelter's Caitlyn Edwards interviews co-authors Jai Lennard, Jovelle Tamayo and Tara Pixley to discuss the Photo Bill of Rights.

Post date July 29, 2020
Post categories In Ethics

Truthmark is a photography database aiming to stop misuse in fake news

Initiated by Canon with agency Uncle Grey Copenhagen, it allows photographers to upload images together with the stories and contexts behind them, aiming to curtail misappropriation.

Link:
https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/truthmark-photo-database-canon-uncle-grey-copenhagen-photography-280720?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29

Post date July 28, 2020
Post categories In Copyright, Ethics

David Burnett: Letter to the NPPA on Ethics – PhotoShelter Blog

Editor’s note: Photojournalist David Burnett recently penned a letter to the National Press Photographers Association in response to the discussion around photographic ethics and the publication of the Photo Bill of Rights. With his permission, we are rep

Post date July 7, 2020
Post categories In Ethics
Tags David Burnett

Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone | The Seattle Times

Fox News published digitally altered and misleading photos on stories about Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in what photojournalism experts called a clear violation of ethical standards for news organizations.

Link:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/fox-news-runs-digitally-altered-images-in-coverage-of-seattles-protests-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/

Post date June 15, 2020
Post categories In Ethics

Podcast: Photojournalists Have a Heated Ethics Debate & Black Photographers Create the VogueChallenge – PhotoShelter Blog

As photographers responded to the controversial Poynter article entitled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ face. Should they?” PhotoShelter co-founder Allen Murabayashi published a series of pieces that intensified the convers

Post date June 15, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Audio & Podcasts, Ethics

On Ethics, The First Amendment, and Photographing Protestors’ Faces – PhotoShelter Blog

A vigorous, sometimes vitriolic debate has erupted in photography circles around whether to photograph protestors’ faces.

Post date June 10, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

Yunghi Kim: “Is agreeing NOT to show a person’s face against the ethics of journalism?” – PhotoShelter Blog

Editor’s note: Veteran photojournalist Yunghi Kim (@yunghi) sent me the following thoughts after the publication of my article about the ethics of showing protestors’ faces. My professional perspective is that there is a problem with the Poynter piece “Ph

Post date June 8, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

No, Photojournalists Aren’t Advocating the Blurring of Faces at Protests – PhotoShelter Blog

In the midst of global protests in support of #BlackLivesMatter, the Poynter Institute caused a ruckus within the photojournalism industry last week with the provocatively titled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protestors’ faces. Should

Post date June 8, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ faces. Should they? – Poynter

For many, the argument is about rights vs. responsibilities. Journalists have a clear legal right to document faces. The question at hand is how and when.

Post date June 4, 2020
Post categories In Ethics

Documenting a Protest Has Never Been More Challenging – Reading The Pictures

This week has been unusually difficult for photographers who are trying to cover the George Floyd protests. Essay and images by photographer Alan Chin.

Post date June 3, 2020
Post categories In Ethics
Tags Alan Chin

On the ethics of documenting a pandemic – British Journal of Photography

Filmmaker Francesca Tosarelli, who has covered COVID-19 in Bergamo, Italy, one of the hardest-hit areas to date, considers her role in chronicling a crisis where the best course of action is to remain home

Photographer Accused of ‘Artificially Creating’ Her Plagiarism Claim

After World Press Photo announced its finalists this year, Iranian photographer Solmaz Daryani came forward and accused German photographer Maximilian

Pandemic, photography, and psychological distance – Columbia Journalism Review

Decisions made by photojournalists and their editors define traumatic events in the cultural consciousness. Throughout coverage of COVID-19, many news outlets have published photographs that reiterate racist tropes, suggest a false gap between “East” a

Post date March 24, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

Photographer Says World Press Photo Nominee ‘Hijacked’ Her Project

The prestigious World Press Photo competition has been plagued by several controversies in recent years, and it looks like this year's contest is no

What is This Halo Around a World Press Photo Nominee? – PhotoShelter Blog

Late Winter brings about a new crop of contest winners and nary a season goes by without a whiff of controversy in some form or fashion. Yesterday World Press Photo announced its 2020 Photo Contest and Digital Storytelling Contest nominees. Among the fift

Post date February 28, 2020
Post categories In Contests, Ethics

Can Visual Content remain trustworthy? – Kaptur

Trust in visual content is quickly eroding. Technology can help by enforcing authenticity, authorship, and integrity. But only if everyone agrees.

Post date February 22, 2020
Post categories In Ethics

Fujifilm Pulls X100V Promo Video After Backlash Over Photog’s Shooting Style

Fujifilm found itself in the middle of a heated debate about ethics and street photography yesterday, when one of the promo videos it released for the

Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw – The New York Times

The company, owned by Google’s parent, introduced a free tool it calls Assembler to sort out real images from fake ones.

Post date February 4, 2020
Post categories In Ethics, Software & Technology

Athletic Upskirting at the Australian Open – Reading The Pictures

These newswire photos from the Australian Open help create a culture that undercuts women athletes and endangers women more broadly.

The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives | The New Yorker

In altering photos from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, the National Archives engaged in the very opposite of what it had been created to do: forge a clear and accurate historical record.

Post date January 20, 2020
Post categories In Ethics
Tags Ellen Shub