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Re: [OM] Missed photo-op of the week...

Subject: Re: [OM] Missed photo-op of the week...
From: sje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:28:28 +0000
Jay Maynard wrote:

>The public's right to know does not in any way supersede a patient's right
>to privacy in his time of distress.

Where does the 'right to know' figure when photographing a road accident?

>I've never understood
>why news photographers - especially TV news cameramen, but also newspaper
>photographers - feel compelled to move around until they can get a clear
>shot of a patient's face, or why they get so irritated when the requirements
>of patient care mandate that I get between their lens and the patient.

Their success relies on face shots - news viewers like seeing faces,
because, like it or not, facial expression tell far more than a reporter can.

>As Brad mentioned, you can get great, expressive, compelling, whatever
>you're after shots of accident scenes without showing the victim at all.

If you're a news pro or forensic photographer, I understand the interest.  I
can't think why I'd want to take photos of a crash or whatever, since it is
a necessarily unpleasant experience.  I really don't want to derive
enjoyment from someone else's suffering.  If you approach this kind of
subject as "aesthetically pleasing" you may wish to consider what it's like
being a victim.

Shots of burning buildings with firemen "doing their thing" may be more
photogenic, better illuminated and less intrusive.  There's surely enough
images of injury, death, destruction, violence and harm already in the
world;  unless I'm trying to communicate something important about one of
these things, I'd rather photograph something else.

Simon E.


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