“As photojournalism contests elevate certain images to global prominence, they also influence how violence, dignity, and memory are constructed in the public imagination.”
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The theme of the 2024 Photo Ethics Symposium was: Ethics in the Age of AI. This symposium took place online over 3 days, from December 4-6, 2024 with support from Getty.
There was a parallel in-person event at Queen's University Belfast on December 3 to launch our recent report, Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast.
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October 3, 10, and 17, 2023
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Although the proportion of Black African and Caribbean journalists has increased in recent years, Black journalists interviewed confirmed that newsroom processes continued to be exclusionary and racism was commonplace.
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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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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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BBC Correspondent Allan Little addresses the gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it from afar. He picks ups on Susan Sontag's essay on war photography.
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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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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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Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic so far, there have been many questions raised about what it means to visually represent a public health crisis ethically: What kinds of visual stories do we need?
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In their second collaboration, Andrew Jackson and Savannah Dodd discuss the impact of the prioritisation of the white, male gaze, both for photojournalism and broader society.
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This week, we have launched a brand new online training course designed specifically for photojournalists and documentary photographers.
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“‘Fixing’ the Journalist-Fixer Relationship: A Critical Look Towards Developing Best Practices In Global Reporting is a study of the relationship between foreign correspondents and fixers, the local journalists who are hired to help journalists achieve their reporting goals around the world.”
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