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re: Advocate photographer article
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:36 am to Pico de Gallo
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:36 am to Pico de Gallo
It's his job to photograph the world around him. People are stupid. With this mindset we'd have no pictures of the heroism exhibited in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombings or other tragedies.
The FBI figured out who committed the bombings as a direct result of random every day people turning in the thousands of pictures taken that day. If people want to censor the aftermath of tragedies and make taking pictures illegal you run the risk of losing important clues that can solve what just happened.
The FBI figured out who committed the bombings as a direct result of random every day people turning in the thousands of pictures taken that day. If people want to censor the aftermath of tragedies and make taking pictures illegal you run the risk of losing important clues that can solve what just happened.
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Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:02 am to The Boat
I understand what you are saying but the dumbass 18 year old (probably) drunk or high kid was still there. Don't really need to "solve" anything.
Fwiw I understand both sides and don't know where I stand
Fwiw I understand both sides and don't know where I stand
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:04 am to Pico de Gallo
quote:pics?
Thoughts?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:11 am to RummelTiger
How about the photos from 9/11?
How about the firefighter in Oklahoma City carrying the deceased child?
Those photos are famous.
That's their job.
How about the firefighter in Oklahoma City carrying the deceased child?
Those photos are famous.
That's their job.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:15 am to Pico de Gallo
A photographer's job is to photograph. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
“It is certain that this photography is of great impact and leaves no one indifferent, but it made many people raise stupid questions. If you cut away a piece of reality and you isolate it, you’re able to either be expressing reality or not expressing reality. And in this case, that which is expressed in the photo is a pretty good reflection of that which happened and is currently happening, there in Sudan. Photography has an enormous power over the viewers, and it has to be like that in order to reflect the horrible reality."
“It is certain that this photography is of great impact and leaves no one indifferent, but it made many people raise stupid questions. If you cut away a piece of reality and you isolate it, you’re able to either be expressing reality or not expressing reality. And in this case, that which is expressed in the photo is a pretty good reflection of that which happened and is currently happening, there in Sudan. Photography has an enormous power over the viewers, and it has to be like that in order to reflect the horrible reality."
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Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:15 am to BRgetthenet
I agree. It was international news too. It was the first thing I saw Sunday morning on Reuters. He really didn't deserve to be assaulted either.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:18 am to Pico de Gallo
what a terrible article...I get that his job is to take pics, but what is the point of the article?
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 7:29 am
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:26 am to BottomlandBrew
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I'm sure most of us know that the photographer who took this picture in 1993, Kevin Carter, committed suicide. Not necessarily over this photo, but years of witnessing the worst that man could do to man. He says he chased the buzzard away after taking the photo.
If I were as talented as he was, I would have traded my Pulitzer for six months a year photographing swimsuit models in tropical locations.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:33 am to colorchangintiger
Yup. He was doing his job and just because he is taking the pictures doesn't mean he is going to publish them.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:48 am to Pico de Gallo
People turning on the media with the quickness.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 8:14 am to prplhze2000
A guy punches the photographer for taking pictures instead of helping the victims, but what's he doing to help the victims as well?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 8:37 am to Clutch Cargo
His job is to be the eyes for those that are not there. He was not getting in the way or impeding people from assisting. I bet if the police didn't catch the guy at the scene he would have been the first called because of his photos of the accident.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 8:52 am to Pico de Gallo
If a person lying on the ground can hit him, he was too close. No reason for him to be up on them like that when all cameras have a zoom function. He's not some hero with a camera documenting an incident. He's a selfish, disrespectful a-hole that got in the way of what was going on.
He made a bad judgment call and got what was coming to him. He won't get so close next time
Eta: My sister is a professional photographer. She has actually worked for the Advocate. She said she'd never be in the middle of everything like he was because it would disrupt what was going on. The same pictures can be taken from 20ft back. Also, she said if someone asked for their photo not to be taken, you don't take their photos, and certainly don't publish them
He made a bad judgment call and got what was coming to him. He won't get so close next time
Eta: My sister is a professional photographer. She has actually worked for the Advocate. She said she'd never be in the middle of everything like he was because it would disrupt what was going on. The same pictures can be taken from 20ft back. Also, she said if someone asked for their photo not to be taken, you don't take their photos, and certainly don't publish them
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 8:57 am
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:00 am to Pico de Gallo
So why did they only put one picture in the article?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:07 am to The Boat
I don't think anybody is trying to make photographing an event like this "illegal." However, people expect some sliver of common decency from other humans in general, and especially during these events. As others have stated laying on the ground next to victims and snapping pictures leaps over the line IMO. You can take all the pictures you want from a distance, sure, but getting up close and personal is a douche move. Photographers usually get away with it, but somebody just happened to call him on it.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:10 am to brass2mouth
It's obvious he was interfering because people, including victims, were paying attention to what he was doing. Too close. He should've known that
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:05 pm to Hammertime
Years ago my brother and I rescued 2 kids that had been standing on a rudder of an empty cargo ship that came from South America. We rescued them off of southwest pass in the Gulf of Mexico. They jumped in the water when we got close and I threw them a life ring. The whole time my brother was taking pics of the rescue and them crying on deck and kissing the deck. I was telling him to stop because it seemed rude. Fast forward and I'm glad he did it, because we got some pretty dramatic pics.
CSB
CSB
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:15 pm to Hammertime
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, she said if someone asked for their photo not to be taken, you don't take their photos, and certainly don't publish them
He was going to stop but was punched before he could. It says so much in the article.
Also, I didn't see any photos that would really identify any of the victims published by the advocate.
And of course, no one was criticizing the photo of the guy they arrested.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:29 pm to southernelite
I'm not posting the main photo of the chick, but you could definitely see who she is and how fricked up she is.
If I was going to stop drinking a coke, but got punched before I could, I was still drinking the coke at the time I got punched
If I was going to stop drinking a coke, but got punched before I could, I was still drinking the coke at the time I got punched
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