Online workshop: The Ethics of Picturing Tragedy and Trauma

February 26 and May 17, 2024

EventsPhotography Ethics Centre16 February 2024dignity, trauma, photography, ethics, aid, humanitarian

One Click: Photography’s Power as a Tool for Social Change

“How we wield one of the world’s most powerful weapons; writer Eleanor Scott looks at the artists, journalists, companies and photographers championing photography for social change.”

Press CoverageEleanor Scott7 February 2023Urth Magazinephotography, ethics, archive, safety, dignity

Focusing on photography ethics

Referencing the Photography Ethics Centre’s Statement of Ethics campaign, “Quill asked photojournalists about their personal ethics.”

Press CoverageCarlett Spike19 January 2023Quill Magazinephotography, ethics, archive, safety, dignity

Tourism and photography: What can we learn from the humanitarian sector?

Is it time to extend the concept of responsible travel to the photos we take?

Press CoverageLisa Ritchie4 October 2022Artnetphotography, ethics, archive, safety, dignity

Photography and dignity in dementia care

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.

Homepage, Guest ArticlesSavannah Dodd2 August 2022The Lancetdignity, informed consent, photography

Who owns the story?

Fundraising appeals led by the people they intend to help can raise more money and be more effective than those created by the charity itself – according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of the Arts London (UAL).

The Dignified Storytelling Handbook

At the end of 2021, Dignified Storytelling released a handbook to promote storytelling practices that are grounded in the human right to dignity.

What Happens When Sensitive Images Fall Into the Wrong Hands?

The famous photo agency has had to confront big questions about the role of its storied archive in the photo industry today.

Press CoverageTaylor Dafoe30 March 2021Artnetphotography, ethics, archive, safety, dignity

Interview with Smita Sharma on “Stolen Lives”

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.

2020 Photography Ethics Symposium: On gender, power, and documenting vulnerability

This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we moved the symposium online. Instead of one all-day event, we hosted a mini-series of events.

At first our panel event on October 1, 2020, we heard from Smita Sharma and Laura Saunders on gender, power, and documenting vulnerability.

EventsPhotography Ethics Centre6 October 2020photography, ethics, event, gender, power, dignity, vulnerabilityComment

A Plea for Context and Dignity in the New York Times Coverage of the Riverside Attack in Nairobi

If we are going to use their picture, we must do the work that it takes to give them dignity in that process.

Homepage, PEC ContentSavannah Dodd4 March 2019dignity, context, NYT, ethics, photography Comments

The People in the Pictures: Vital perspectives on Save the Children’s image making

Save the Children conducted a four-country (UK, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Niger) research project to listen to and learn from those who contribute their images and stories (contributors), as well as members of their communities and Save the Children staff.