This is a series of images shot to show the effects of alcohol and drugs on one mans life. This man at 58 years old, suffers from congestive heart failure, stroke, weak bones, and various other sever ailments associated with alcohol and drug abuse. His name and location has been kept anonymous, while he used to own his own home he later had to rent it due to not paying the mortgage, he was later evicted by his roommate from his own home and forced to rent in another area. Social Security pays him cash and medical, he draws food stamps from the state as well. Selling his food helps feed his habits, neighbors and family also give him money to further support his self-destruction. Today, I spent the day sitting with him and photographing various shots around his home both of him and the conditions in which he lives.

National anthem suffers violation of the first amendment by federal law...



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 http://toddstarnes.com/2010/08/national-anthem-banned-at-lincoln-memorial/

Censorship is un-constitutional, but yet totally acceptable by most.

Frame and shoot, it's your right!

   A man on the street, a kid in the front yard, and a woman bleeding out from a car accident all can be legally photographed, but using a telephoto lens to zoom into a window is not only unethical, but it is also illegal. If you can see it with your naked eye, photograph it!

   While people in general have ethics, so do most work establishments and clubs. The ethics explained in the course textbook (Photojournalism: the professionals' approach, by Kenneth Kobre') and online photojournalism resources all seem to be based on keeping things truthful, raw and considerate while photographing sensitive subjects. Be sure to separate your own feelings from your work. Document the information the public needs to know. When looking for a shot, portray the moment for what it is and not how you feel about it.

   While I am sure most photojournalists fall into the Utilitarian style of ethics, most of the codes of ethics from the NPPA, SPJ, and the JEA all seem to mix in Absolutist style shooting. I am more of a Utilitarian; If it's news - report it.

The Tinker court case

Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community School District is an interesting case. We all have the responsibility to protest anything we feel is unjust. Wearing armbands to show their position on the war should have never have been an issue. In my opinion, it comes back to the instruction of conformity and discouragement of free thinking taught by the schools then and today. It’s kind of sad that the U.S. District Court saw the actions of the school as not to be in violation of freedom of speech/protest, and had to be pushed to the U.S. Supreme Court, with the help of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU. If it wasn’t for the rights organizations, the attack on the First Amendment would have gone undisputed.

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/tinker.html

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