The 2026 Photography Ethics Symposium brings together photographers, curators, archivists, and researchers from a range of institutions and practices to facilitate critical conversation on the challenges shaping photography today.
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This symposium seeks to engage photographers, curators, archivists, and researchers in a critical discussion about the ethical dimensions of photography.
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April 15, 22, and 29, 2025
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For the fourth annual symposia on December 2, 2022, we worked with RedEye: The Photography Network to approach the topic of vulnerability from multiple angles.
We heard from three photographers: Raphaela Rosella, Justin Carey and Sophie Harris-Taylor. The speakers’ presentations were followed by a roundtable discussion.
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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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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. We heard from Smita Sharma, Laura Saunders, Melissa Bunni Elian, Martha Tadesse, Jennie Ricketts, and John Edwin Mason.
These sessions were organised by the Photography Ethics Centre, and moderated by Savannah Dodd. This event was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.
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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.
Our third panel panel took place on December 3. We heard from Jennie Ricketts and John Edwin Mason on objectivity, truth, and lies.
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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.
Our second panel took place on November 5. We heard from Melissa Bunni Elian and Martha Tadesse on representation, identity, and intersectional storytelling.
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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.
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May 1, 2020
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This was the first edition of the Photography Ethics Symposium. It took place at The Royal Photographic Society in Bristol on December 4, 2019. We heard from Anthony Luvera, Jess Crombie, Emma Chetcuti, and Franklyn Rodgers about the ethics of working with people. Conversations were moderated by Savannah Dodd.
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The Ethical Image Conference took place on 6 October 2018 at The University of Hong Kong
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