Ethics can be described as the study of what is morally right and what is not. Morality Relates to the standards of good or bad behavior, fairness and honesty, amongst other things, which each person believes in. Whether something is morally good or bad usually depends on the consensus of humanity. To be moral means [...]
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Morality and Journalism: A discussion of the moral implications of Kevin Carter’s image of the Sudanese girl and whether he was right or wrong in making it.
Posted in Essay, Placing Photographic Practice in Context on December 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Media Storm: Targeting the new generation
Posted in Essay, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged bleasdale, Brian Storm, inspiration, luis sinco, marlboro marine, mediastorm, multimedia on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whilst doing some reading in advance of a talk with David Campbell, I came across an interview with Brian Storm, a founder of MediaStorm. MediaStorm is a multimedia production studio who collaborate with photographers, journalists and other creative people to make ‘cinematic narratives’. Working with a variety of different clients they help to create a [...]
NPPA Code of Ethics
Posted in Essay, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged essay, ethics, journalism, nppa on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The National Press Photographers Association is a society that ‘promotes the highest standards in visual journalism’. They stress the need and importance of the right of the public to be fully informed about events in the world and for anyone to be recognised in that world. As they put it on their website: “Visual journalists [...]
Referencing
Posted in Essay, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged essay, referencing on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A quick post on how to reference different sources for essay etc, using the Havard system. In Text Citations. When citing someone in the text there are are few ways you can go about doing it. (Author, Year: Page) You would put this after the quote eg: ‘quote quote quote’ (Barthes, 1980: 15) Alternatively [...]
David Campbell: Narrative, power and responsibility
Posted in Essay, Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged bleasdale, campbell, capa, congo, context, essay, freedman, marlboro marine, mediastorm, narrative, papageorge, photography, photojournalism, power, responsibilty, storm, watriss on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Attended a talk today with David Campbell and his ideas on the theories and issues surrounding narrative, he began with these two quotes: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.” – Robert Capa “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t reading enough.” – Tod Papageorge The talk was very thought provoking [...]
Essay Proposal
Posted in Essay, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged essay on October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Title: ‘In what ways does Kevin Carter’s image ‘boy and vulture’ question the morality of photojournalism” This essay will examine the circumstances in which ‘boy with vulture’ was taken and the moral implications surrounding its creation. Was Kevin Carter right or wrong to take the photograph? Can that question be answered? Although the essay will [...]
