Category: Ethics

  • PDNPulse: Copycat or Not, Part II: A Case of Nothing New Under the Sun?

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    Yesterday we posted a story about the similarities between a series of images called “Sacred & Secular” by Vancouver photographer David Burdeny, and a series called “Horizons” shot earlier by Sze Tsung Leong. Leong has reportedly challenged Burdeny for copying. Burdeny denies it, saying the similarities arose because he happened to shoot from some of…

  • photographylot: The World Press Photo Awards, Julie Jacobson and Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard

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    The World Press Photo Awards, Julie Jacobson and Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard This years winners of the World Press Photo competition have recently been announced. You can see the winners gallery here . Once again, … Link: http://photographylot.blogspot.com/2010/02/world-press-photo-awards-julie-jacobson.html To those who think this picture is disrespectful, I say that perhaps you prefer it if we…

  • Ethics: Coach's Ground Rules Were Out of Bounds – The Digital Journalist

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    First, no live coverage of the event. Second, no video recording of his initial remarks – only his final statement. Audio recording, and of course note-taking, were to be permitted throughout. Third, no questions from the news media. When reporters balked, Ford sternly reminded them, “You’re in our building – you know that. You’re in…

  • PDNPulse: Sculptors Plagiarize Image; What Should Photographer Do Next?

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    New York City-based photographer Alex Brown recently discovered that a pair of Glaswegian artists, Craig Little and Blake Whitehead, known as Littlewhitehead, had “appropriated” an image he made of a young boy in a Darth Vader mask sitting in a diner booth. Link: PDNPulse: Sculptors Plagiarize Image; What Should Photographer Do Next?

  • When does similar become too similar? – Conscientious

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    If you have been following this blog for a while you will remember this mosaic from one of my earlier posts, where I tried to tackle the problem of plagiarism. How can one decide when to cry foul? What is a good way to approach this complex? I’m not sure I have a better answer…

  • What is the difference between a wild and a tame wolf? – Conscientious

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    The kerfuffle over the supposedly staged prize winning picture of a wolf is yet another reminder that there is a problem, but the more I think about it, the more I am convinced that the problem arises from how we view photography, from what we expect photographs to show or do. Here are some thoughts,…

  • PDNPulse: Prestigious Wildlife Photography Competition Sullied By Staged Image

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    The contest organizers say Rodriguez continues to claim the image was the result of months of work studying the wolf’s behavior, but nobody is buying it. Link: PDNPulse: Prestigious Wildlife Photography Competition Sullied By Staged Image

  • Photographer Stripped of Prestigious Wildlife Award for Cheating – PetaPixel

    Photographer Stripped of Prestigious Wildlife Award for Cheating – PetaPixel

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    Photographer Stripped of Prestigious Wildlife Award for Cheating About a month ago we reported that José Luis Rodriguez had come under fire after winning the prestigious Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the via PetaPixel: http://www.petapixel.com/2010/01/20/photographer-stripped-of-prestigious-wildlife-award-for-cheating/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 After a month of investigation, Jose Luis Rodriguez has been stripped of the prestigious award and banned for life,

  • NYT Distorts Image Of Christina Hendricks, Calls Her "Big" – Gothamist

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    NYT Distorts Image Of Christina Hendricks, Calls Her “Big” Left: the NY Times image; Right: the original image By yesterday via Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2010/01/19/post_131.php The NY Times has now replaced the image, saying: “The photo was slightly distorted inadvertently due to an error during routine processing.” Take that for what it’s worth.

  • More Perspectives on Haiti and Crisis Journalism | dvafoto

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    Many of us have grown increasingly frustrated with the tactics and presentation of the broadcast media and a situation like this brings out the worst in that institution, insofar as them featuring these acts (performances?) in their broadcasts. I’ve been glancing at CNN’s website a few times since the disaster began and I’m almost certain…

  • Thought Experiment #2 – Opinionator

    Thought Experiment #2 – Opinionator

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    Thought Experiment #2 A short quiz to follow a recent pair of essays on war photography. via Opinionator: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/thought-experiment-2/ Changes in captions can radically alter how we see a photograph and what it means

  • Is Elinor Carucci right to turn the camera on her children? | guardian.co.uk

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    Is Elinor Carucci right to turn the camera on her children? Her intimate portraits of family life make for intriguing viewing, but raise unsettling questions about the dark side of photography via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/11/elinor-carucci-children-photography Her intimate portraits of family life make for intriguing viewing, but raise unsettling questions about the dark side of photography

  • It Was All Started By a Mouse (Part 1) – Opinionator

    It Was All Started By a Mouse (Part 1) – Opinionator

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    It Was All Started by a Mouse (Part 1) A closer look at a child’s toy among bombed-out ruins, and at what it’s like photographing a war. via Opinionator: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/it-was-all-started-by-a-mouse-part-1/ The implications may depend on our politics. Here is a child’s toy and the ruins of an apartment building. We know enough — “Israeli bombs…

  • Only then can we truly make change | duckrabbit

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    Only then can we truly make change — duckrabbit ‘I look forward very much to a time when magazines and newspapers will stop publishing a certain kind of photograph…. via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/01/only-then-can-we-truly-make-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duckrabbit%2FNrks+%28duckrabbit%29 “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete” In this single sentence, Chimamanda Adichie sums up…

  • NGOs and Journalism: Nieman Journalism Lab Explores the Blurry Lines of NGO-Produced Journalism | dvafoto

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    The Nieman Journalism Lab has recently been publishing an intriguing series of articles exploring the relationship between the media, NGOs, and journalists, especially as more and more international and investigative journalism is produced, funded, and distributed initially or in cooperation with NGOs and charities. Link: NGOs and Journalism: Nieman Journalism Lab Explores the Blurry Lines…

  • Passenger Hailed as Hero Quickly Finds Spotlight Can Have a Harsh Glow – NYTimes.com

    Passenger Hailed as Hero Quickly Finds Spotlight Can Have a Harsh Glow – NYTimes.com

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    Passenger Hailed as Hero Quickly Finds Spotlight Can Have a Harsh Glow Jasper Schuringa, who helped thwart an attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit, has drawn questions and criticism after selling photographs. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/business/media/29cnn.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss But Mr. Schuringa’s work with the news media outlets raised questions: Was he inappropriately profiting from a…

  • TMZ Admits It Was Duped by a Fake John Kennedy Photo – NYTimes.com

    TMZ Admits It Was Duped by a Fake John Kennedy Photo – NYTimes.com

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    TMZ Admits It Was Duped by a Photo The celebrity news site published an image that it said showed John F. Kennedy on a boat with naked women. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/business/media/29hoax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss It was, as TMZ said dramatically in a headline on Monday morning, “The J.F.K. Photo That Could Have Changed History.” Could have — if it…

  • Demi Moore's lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post Boing Boing

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    Demi Moore’s lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post (Click for large. Two versions of W Magazine cover featuring Demi Moore, one for the US edition, one for Korea. Note the apparent difference in the area around the hip. Comparison here.) Lawyers re… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/28/demi-moores-lawyers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Lawyers representing Demi Moore sent a…

  • Body By Victoria – Secure Computing

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    The images at Victoria’s Secret are fairly low quality — JPEGs at 85%. However, just because they are low quality does not mean we cannot see what was modified. For example, the Error Level Analysis (ELA) should have all objects at roughtly the same coloring. If anything stands out as bright white, then it was…

  • PDNPulse: Should We Ban Photoshop for Certain Fashion Ads?

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    Outraged by the social effects—perceived or real—of skinny female models in advertising, politicians in France, Britain and Israel are calling for varying degrees of regulation. Link: PDNPulse: Should We Ban Photoshop for Certain Fashion Ads?