Savannah Dodd takes stock of the challenges and opportunities for ethical photographic practice that the growth of generative AI technologies presents.
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On Monday, February 19, 2024, Fairpicture hosted their 10th FairTalk where we delved into what it means to uphold dignity through the lens of still and moving image and provide tools to create impactful narratives that respect the dignity of the protagonist.
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Savannah Dodd asks us to think about visual media as data points, and she urges us to expand the dataset by cultivating an understanding of visual media ethics.
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To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Statement of Ethics Campaign, we are launching our own Photography Ethics Centre merch - and to celebrate the launch of merch, we are doing a giveaway!
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Not sure where to start? We have a 3 tips that can help you get started writing your Statement of Ethics.
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A reflection about dignity in dementia care and in photography of ill health. This essay was commissioned by The Lancet and based on Savannah Dodd’s project Thanks, Gd.
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What ethical issues arise in the visual coverage of war? In the visual reporting of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what are we seeing and what should we be seeing?
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The Photography Ethics Centre is today launching a new campaign encouraging photographers, editors, curators, organisations, and other professionals in the photography industry to write and publish Statements of Ethics.
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Unpacking the fundamentals of photographic consent, including informed consent, consent forms, who can consent, and non-consent.
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This conversation between Savannah Dodd, the founder of the Photography Ethics Centre, and David Campbell starts to set out the landscape of ethics.
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This online event explored the photographic representation of Afghanistan, and the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, over the last twenty years. We heard from Dr Azeta Hatef, Kiana Hayeri, Alison Baskerville, and Tahmina Saleem.
This event was organised by the Photography Ethics Centre and hosted in collaboration with the Ethical Journalism Network on December 2, 2021
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Savannah Dodd speaks with Alice Chautard at the University of Oxford’s REACH programme for water security on photography ethics in international development.
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While turning the camera inward may alleviate ethical qualms about positionality, photographing the people closest to us is not without ethical considerations. Seven photographers discuss the ethics of working on stories close to home.
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What are the ethics of photographic collage? How can we navigate questions of authorship, (de)contextualisation, and aestheticization, especially when working with images of trauma?
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Theodore Roosevelt remarked that Curtis’ work was ‘has far more than mere accuracy, because it is truthful.’ But can truth be beyond accuracy? How far can we trust the objectivity of the photographer?
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After my podcast interview with Smita Sharma earlier this autumn, I wanted to learn more about her experience photographing “Stolen Lives: The harrowing story of two girls sold into sexual slavery” for National Geographic.
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Long overdue, we can finally begin to confront issues of bias, morality, and principle that have long infiltrated the medium by many of its most prominent practitioners.
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This new podcast series is all about the ethics of photography. Through weekly conversations with accomplished photographers, we will cover topics like consent, dignity, power, responsibility, impact, and collaboration, among many others.
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The collective movement toward a more considered practice that puts an emphasis on respect, safety, and sensitivity toward the people in our images may feel threatening when we reflect on our past practice.
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