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I personally don't like to aim at making money from the misfortune of others, but each to their own I suppose.
Quote from: increasingdifficulty on August 13, 2017, 12:24I personally don't like to aim at making money from the misfortune of others, but each to their own I suppose.Well at least there are news photographers covering the story because by your definition this would never be in the news as no one should photo/film or report on it...
Quote from: Sammy the Cat on August 13, 2017, 13:07Quote from: increasingdifficulty on August 13, 2017, 12:24I personally don't like to aim at making money from the misfortune of others, but each to their own I suppose.Well at least there are news photographers covering the story because by your definition this would never be in the news as no one should photo/film or report on it...I'm sure you think it's OK to snap a photo of some guy who lost is leg in an accident so you can make a few $$$?Doing it with the purpose of showing the world what has happened is one thing, but going there to take pictures for Alamy to make a few $$$ is entirely different. I'm sure you see that.The intent is not to expose the event to the world, it is to make money.
Yes, of course it depends on WHAT you photograph at the event, you are right. I didn't specify enough, but I meant more specifically the victims, injured people etc.
Look back on photos and film taken showing injured and dead people for news syndication.You don't shoot news by ignoring the gory details
QuoteLook back on photos and film taken showing injured and dead people for news syndication.You don't shoot news by ignoring the gory detailsAnybody seen the movie "Nightcrawler"?
Quote from: Brasilnut on August 13, 2017, 16:52QuoteLook back on photos and film taken showing injured and dead people for news syndication.You don't shoot news by ignoring the gory detailsAnybody seen the movie "Nightcrawler"?Yes, love that car he had!
Quote from: increasingdifficulty on August 13, 2017, 12:24I personally don't like to aim at making money from the misfortune of others, but each to their own I suppose.Nothing to stop anyone who felt the same way making money and donating it to a related cause.
A few other ethical considerations....How much does your presence as a photographer distort the behaviour of the people you are taking pictures of? At what point should you stop taking pictures and instead help the people who are suffering?A story that is always worth reading. The photographer, Kevin Carter, took a picture in Africa of vulture waiting for a starving child to die. He won a Pulitzer prize for it. He also committed suicide. http://100photos.time.com/photos/kevin-carter-starving-child-vulture
If I take (fake) images of drugs and sell them as stock, does that mean that i'm "profiting from the misery of others?" I just published a blog post on this subject, highlighting the opioid crisis in the US: https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2017/08/14/stock-trends-opioid-crisis-in-the-usa/
You should stick to marijuana though think there might be an unfilled niche there
That story is rubbishKevin got a UN flight out to location in Southern SudanWhen the plain landed he and other passengers and crew got of the plane while local villagers were helping unload food supplies.The parents of the little girl had put her on the ground while they helped move the cargo. Kevin shot the photo and when the unloading was done the child was scooped up by her parents.Everyone likes to blame him etc but it was wholly uncalled for. The child was never in danger and Kevin would no doubt have ended up being accused of kidnap or some souch nonsense if he had picked her up.As a result of his photo it opened the world's eyes to what was going on.Carter did not touch the child since photojournalists were "told not to touch famine victims for fear of spreading disease"His suicide had nothing to do with that photo it had a lot more to do with the cumulative effect of all the subjects he photographed and the death of his friend.His suicide note: Im really, really sorry. The pain of life overrides the joy to the point that joy does not exist...I am depressed...without phone...money for rent...money for child support...money for debts...money!!!...I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings and corpses and anger and pain...of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners...I have gone to join Ken [recently deceased colleague Ken Oosterbroek] if I am that lucky. Kevin Carter in his suicide note,
In the case of the starving African child (who according to Sammy the Cat, wasn't actually starving) the photographer could have done little to aid her.In the Charlottesville situation, there were medical professionals aiding the victims. A reporter would only be in the way if he'd try to give medical aid. He could however help by taking pictures to cover the story (as long as he keeps his distance).