Category: Ethics
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James Nachtwey and 9/11 seen in 2001 and in 2011
Link: Maybe what we are seeing here is not just some digital post-processing completely out of control, but also the result of seeing almost each and every event on the big screen, re-imagined in some Hollywood form: Our thought of “It almost did not look real” is turned into a reality: It literally does not…
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The Ethics of the dying/dead Ambassador Stevens photo
Link: Thursday September 13, many news organizations published a photo of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens either dead or dying after a terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. The ethics Committee would like to add some thoughts to the discussion on the use of this image
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Photographer: ‘All I can hear is that man’s head against that train: Boom! Boom! Boom!’
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/12/05/photographer-all-i-can-hear-is-that-mans-head-against-that-train-boom-boom-boom/ The photographer who shot the subway horror photo that appeared on yesterday’s New York Post cover says he’s “surprised at the anger over the pictures, of the people who are saying: Why didn’t he put the camera down and pull him out?”
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Ethics Matters » Subway photo
Link: First, I cannot look into the heart of another man and judge him. If the photographer thought in the panic of the moment that flashing his strobe would alert the train driver, so be it. I do not know how far he was from the victim or how fast the train was going or…
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News orgs circulate Facebook profile, photos of unconfirmed shooter
Link: Some of Ryan Lanza’s Facebook friends started pointing out that he was still posting messages (after the shooter had already died), specifically denying involvement. But by then, his photo was retweeted thousands of times and many news orgs published it.
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What a Journalist Is Obliged to Do
Link: That is a major no-no, and he knows it. Not just in the field of journalism, though it’s especially bad there. You don’t do that. Not ever. Not for internal use or for publication. It is plagiarism, plain and simple.
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The Ethics of Street Photography
Link: If you take a photograph of someone and that person confronts you about it, how do you react? The most common response from photographers appears to be that provided you’re in a public space you can take any picture you want. That’s true, at least in a legal sense. But it does not really…
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Why The Huffington Post ran graphic photos from a gun murder
Link: Bert Heyman wanted the photos of his son Chris Heyman’s 2004 gun death to have an impact on the national debate over gun laws. “He wants every part of his son’s case to matter,” Huffington Post reporter Jason Cherkis told Poynter in a phone call. “It’s almost like organ donation in a way.”
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When a Child Dies
Link: Sensitive, thoughtful media coverage can be a powerful tool for justice and understanding, a catalyst for policies that help prevent wrongs from being repeated. But sensationalist, reactionary reporting sometimes paves the road to laws or regulations that may not be helpful to children, families or communities.
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World Press Photo Contest: The Importance of Restraint
Link: This situation clearly illustrates the importance of showing restraint in any forensic image analysis. When applying any forensic test, it is critically important that you be mindful of exactly what that test can reveal, and not draw any broader conclusions
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Ethics Matters » Chicago Sun-Times lays off photo staff
Link: Is the demise of a staff of photojournalists an ethical issue? Usually we deal with lying and the other aspects of our Code of Ethics, but we all felt (very deeply) that this is probably one of the most basic ethical issues we face today. It is the ethics of survival; the survival of…
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AP pulls two Navy Yard shooting photos it can’t verify
Link: They were credited to Don Andres. NBC News interviewed someone with the same name and identified him as a legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada.
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HuffPost Ignoring PhotoJ Credits For Images of Kiev Clashes
Link: Show some respect, HuffPost UK, while you count your clicks.
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New service will rate the authenticity of digital images
Link: The Izitru website and iOS app can “distinguish an original JPEG file captured with a digital camera from subsequent derivations of that file that may have been changed in some way,” according to the company.
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» Storm chaser defends his photo of young Nebraska tornado victim JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2014/06/18/photojournalist-defends-his-photo-of-young-tornado-victim/ Storm chaser/photographer Mark Farnik has been criticized for his photo of a young tornado victim from Nebraska – what he calls “the most powerful, yet most difficult to make and look at image of my photojournalism career
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Worth a read: Journalist recounts her sexual assault by a colleague on her first night in Ukraine | dvafoto
Link: Last week, Balkanist magazine published an account by a young presumably-British journalist’s of her sexual assault by a colleague on the night of her arrival in Kyiv, Ukraine, to cover the political situation there. The piece is well worth a read, raising important points about what women face working in the male-dominated field of…
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» Colorado State Senate candidates agree to stop using altered photo after being warned JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2014/10/26/candidates-agree-to-stop-using-altered-denver-post-photo-after-being-warned/ Azu Nwagbogu, the founder of the Lagos Photo Festival, is guided by a simple credo: He wants to exhibit everybody. Yes, that’s a big goal. But it’s an even bigger continent with a breathtaking range of people, stories and photographers who have been inspired by it.
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Debating the Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism – NYTimes.com
Debating the Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism The disqualification of a large number of images from this year’s World Press Photo contest has generated a debate over the need for more explicit rules on what is — and what isn’t — acceptable in digital photography. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/world-press-photo-manipulation-ethics-of-digital-photojournalism/ Hoping to forge a conversation…
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Wal-Mart of Photography Entrepreneur facing $90 million in lawsuits | dvafoto
Link: This remains one of the strangest photography-related stories I’ve run across.
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Posing Questions of Photographic Ethics – NYTimes.com
Posing Questions of Photographic Ethics In the aftermath of this year’s debates over manipulated photos, a new show sets out to explore the history of altered images in photojournalism. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/posing-questions-of-photographic-ethics/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog Most curators hope to get glowing reviews and popular acclaim when they mount an exhibit. Michael Kamber, on the other hand, is…