Thursday, December 17, 2015

Extra Credit

http://petapixel.com/2012/12/04/photograph-of-doomed-man-on-subway-tracks-sparks-outrage/
1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. 

58-year-old Queens resident Ki Suk Han was pushed onto the tracks at 12:30pm by a panhandler who had been harassing passersby. Han had approached the man in an attempt to calm him down. The man pushed Han onto the train tracks. R. Umar Abbasi, a photographer for the New York Post, was present and he tried using his camera flash to warn the train’s operator.
2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo?
He took the photo because he tried to warn the train driver with the flash of his camera.
3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo?
I think the photographer should have tried to help the man before he took the image.

4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not? 

I dont think that was the best thing the man could've done in this situation because he couldve tried to pull the man off the tracks before the train came. 

5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not. I dont agree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the new york post because it was a gruesome image of a mans last moments. 


6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not?

For a photojournalist capturing the images of life as it happens is more important than stopping bad things from happening because photojournalists are supposed to document the events in history as it happens. 

7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not.

I dont think that its ethically acceptable because then the photographer is attached to the situation and having emotions towards the awful things may affect the images or may have bias in the images. 

8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer. 

I dont think photo journalists should always avoid influencing events as they happen because if the photojournalist has an opportunity to stop something terrible from happening or save someones life, that is more important that the image. 

9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation.

The most appropriate response for a photographer in this situation is to try to save the mans life. 




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