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.
Category: Ethics
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Podcast: Photojournalists Have a Heated Ethics Debate & Black Photographers Create the VogueChallenge – PhotoShelter Blog
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
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On Ethics, The First Amendment, and Photographing Protestors’ Faces – PhotoShelter Blog
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.
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/on-ethics-the-first-amendment-and-photographing-protestors-faces/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
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Yunghi Kim: “Is agreeing NOT to show a person’s face against the ethics of journalism?” – PhotoShelter Blog
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
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No, Photojournalists Aren’t Advocating the Blurring of Faces at Protests – PhotoShelter Blog
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
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Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ faces. Should they? – Poynter
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.
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2020/should-journalists-show-protesters-faces/
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Documenting a Protest Has Never Been More Challenging – Reading The Pictures
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.
via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2020/06/photographing-protest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28Reading+The+Pictures%29
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On the ethics of documenting a pandemic – British Journal of Photography
On the ethics of documenting a pandemic
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
via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/04/on-the-ethics-of-documenting-a-pandemic/
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Photographer Accused of ‘Artificially Creating’ Her Plagiarism Claim
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
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Pandemic, photography, and psychological distance – Columbia Journalism Review
Pandemic, photography, and psychological distance
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
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/opinion/covid-19-photos-distance-bias.php
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Photographer Says World Press Photo Nominee ‘Hijacked’ Her Project
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
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What is This Halo Around a World Press Photo Nominee? – PhotoShelter Blog
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
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/02/what-is-this-halo-around-a-world-press-photo-nominee/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
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Can Visual Content remain trustworthy? – Kaptur
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.
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/can-visual-content-remain-trustworthy/
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Fujifilm Pulls X100V Promo Video After Backlash Over Photog’s Shooting Style
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
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Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw – The New York Times
Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw
The company, owned by Google’s parent, introduced a free tool it calls Assembler to sort out real images from fake ones.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/technology/jigsaw-doctored-images-disinformation.html
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Athletic Upskirting at the Australian Open – Reading The Pictures
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.
via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2020/01/calling-out-tennis-upskirt-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28Reading+The+Pictures%29
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The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives | The New Yorker
The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives
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.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-erasure-of-political-history-at-the-national-archives-womens-march
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National Archives Edited Photo to Remove Anti-Trump Messages
National Archives Edited Photo to Remove Anti-Trump Messages
The National Archives is an independent government agency that’s tasked with preserving and documenting government and historical records. An authority on
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Unjust Enrichment, Missing Payments, and Nat Geo Fine Art Galleries
Unjust Enrichment, Missing Payments, and Nat Geo Fine Art Galleries
I wrote two articles about National Geographic Fine Art Galleries (NGFA) just over a year ago after they contacted me to sell one of my photos in their
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Lawsuit Alleges Plagiarism by Hartford Courant – NYTimes.com
Suit Accuses Hartford Courant of Plagiarism (Published 2009)
A lawsuit cites 11 Hartford Courant articles it says were largely taken from The Journal Inquirer.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/business/media/20paper.html