The controversy over a young photographer’s depiction of a teenage girl forced into sex work raises questions of how to respectfully document victims of sexual violence.
Why are stories of vulnerable and suffering women and girls, often with pleading or blank expressions and seen in faraway lands, praised and rewarded by American and European grant makers, portfolio reviewers and editors?
The photo of a rape calls for new safeguards
via Time: http://time.com/4772234/souvid-datta-question/
Since his last interview with TIME, Datta has declined to comment further. “Following advice from my legal counsel, I am in the process of reviewing my archives,” he says
In the heat of the moment, photojournalists shoulder a huge responsibility to take or not take a photo. Preserving dignity or history is a challenge.
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/05/ambiguity-of-taking-photos/
For every “obvious” scenario, there are dozens of ethically ambiguous situations. Do you preserve history at the expense of dignity? We will only gain clarity with an on-going discussion – not a punctuated dialogue that waits for egregious activity and a backlash of moral outrage.
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/opinon-looking-souvid-dattas-transgressions
Google “Souvid Datta” now and it won’t be his many awards, grants and contest-worthy stories that come up first. It’s going to be how he went down in flames. The first few pages of search results will include accusations that he’s a liar, a thief and untrustworthy. All things his name should be synonymous with, given his admitted actions.
He admits it. Now, Datta grants TIME his first interview since the scandal broke.
via Time: http://time.com/4766312/souvid-datta/
He now confesses that there are other images from that project that were also altered using post-production techniques, and he says he also “appropriated photos” from colleagues like Daniele Volpe, Hazel Thompson and Raul Irani, and lied in order to conceal those actions
The award-winning photographer Souvid Datta found himself in the middle of a controversy this week when his photo of a young sex trafficking victim was
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/03/photographer-souvid-datta-appears-plagiarized-mary-ellen-mark/
We’ve reached out to Datta for comment but have yet to hear back. It appears that his website, Facebook and Twitter were all taken down after our requests
Where to begin? Magnum Photos and LensCulture are running a photo competition. One of those where you give them lots of money and in return if you’re one
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/01/lensculture-commodification-rape/
the photographer is standing over the rapist. We see his naked back and the back of his head. We can see the girl’s face. She’s looking away from the camera, obviously distressed, but she is fully identifiable
Where to begin? Magnum Photos and LensCulture are running a photo competition. One of those where you give them lots…
via duckrabbit: https://www.duckrabbit.info/2017/04/lensculture-commodification-rape/
what is going on in your heads that LensCulture would seek to profit from a picture of a child sex slave being raped?
Syrian photographer and activist Abd Alkader Habak is being praised today, not for a photo he took, but for one he decided not to take. After being blown
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/04/18/syrian-photographer-stops-shooting-rescues-injured-boy/
Syrian photographer and activist Abd Alkader Habak is being praised today
Two police officers in Georgia were fired after videos showing them brutally beating a motorist spread like wildfire on social media. A criminal investigation has been initiated over their conduct, and photos of the two officers have emerged in the media.
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/04/media-use-official-portraits-reporting-misconduct/
Of course, in the rush to meet the news cycle, the media reaches for the photos it can easily obtain. Few news outlets have created specific policies for the use of photography in abuse of power caes, as there is often neither time nor access to take a photo. But the New Yorker provides us an example of what could be.
More on the Hossein Fatemi controversy
The World Press Photo Contest Technical Report is misleading when it comes to their investigation with regard to Hossein Fatemi’s case. The report states “… Lyon was dealing with primary sources, in contrast to Talaie’s collection of secondary accounts.” This is inaccurate and unnecessarily misleading. It leaves the impression that World Press Photo (WPP) is using this language to alter the facts. What do they mean by “primary sources” versus “Talaie’s … secondary accounts?” The same language was used by WPP’s officials on social media. I would expect that WPP, as a credible journalistic institution, to revise their report and investigation.
This year the jury of the World Press Photo (WPP) awarded Iranian photographer, Hossein Fatemi, the second place for his long-term project…
via Medium: https://medium.com/@RaminTalaie/2017-world-press-photo-awards-fake-news-3a807abd4f1f#.xz1fno142
This year the jury of the World Press Photo (WPP) awarded Iranian photographer, Hossein Fatemi, the second place for his long-term project titled ‘An Iranian Journey.’ Many who have directly interacted with Fatemi in Iran, Afghanistan, and other places consider his conduct unethical and ridicule his work as staged photojournalism.
Its impact is undeniable, but the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year furthers the compact between martyrdom and publicity
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/13/world-press-photo-year-turkey-russian-assassination
Its impact is undeniable, but the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year furthers the compact between martyrdom and publicity
The New York Times reported an incredible story of how a 23-year old recent college graduate created a fake news story about fraudulent Clinton votes in Ohio and netted $22,000 on a fake news website from ads. Desperate for cash to pay for living expenses
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/01/fake-photos-fake-news/
History is littered with allegations of staged photography in news settings, but the decentralization of the news media and the rise of hyper-partisan sites has led to something else: image theft and fraudulent captions.
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.
via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2017/how-much-of-a-chicago-brutality-video-should-be-shown-the-media-doesnt-agree/444441/
It seems like centuries ago that, for example, media agonized over the video of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl being savagely murdered by Pakistani terrorists. Most didn’t run the video. That was way back when, in 2002.
Now, with Facebook, the “well, it’s already out there on social media, we can’t ignore it” rationalization often takes hold. Thus, there were a great many folks who used portions of the video.
Burhan Ozbilici’s stunning photo of a gunman moments after assassinating the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov spread like wildfire over social media. While many within the photojournalism community quickly declared the image as the “photo of the
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2016/12/dont-fetishize-this-image/
Burhan Ozbilici’s stunning photo of a gunman moments after assassinating the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov spread like wildfire over social media. While many within the photojournalism community quickly declared the image as the “photo of the year,” and worth of top prizes, one voice offered dissent. Matt Slaby is a photographer and founding member of Luceo Images, a creative visual agency that originally started as a collective of top photojournalists.
An interesting story about ethics in photojournalism has emerged today: the New York Times has published a correction to a major story, saying that the
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/12/15/nytimes-correction-photo-scene-item-removed-kill-glare/
An interesting story about ethics in photojournalism has emerged today: the New York Times has published a correction to a major story, saying that the original main photo had a picture frame removed from the scene because it was causing glare.
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.
via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2016/new-york-times-says-it-was-a-de-facto-instrument-of-russian-intelligence/442672/
During the election, many wondered whether journalists were justified in publishing information obtained by hackers. By publishing newsworthy information, were they complicit in a shadowy campaign to influence the election?
“I wanted the picture to have a peaceful quality.”
via Time: http://time.com/4592061/colorization-benetton-aids-ad/
the photograph was branded with the Benetton logo and used in an ad to sell clothes
A controversy is escalating in Ukraine over a photo that seems to capture the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in a single frame. It could be one of the greatest war photographs ever taken – or a fake.
via RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-war-photographer-real-or-fake-controversy-muravskiy/27946182.html
t could be one of the greatest war photographs ever taken – or a fake.