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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