Ethics

Afghan girl, Tarana, standing the direct result of a suicide bomber attack in Kubal on Dec. 6,  2011.
Photo taken by Pulitzer Prize Winner Massoud Hossaini

Ethical Or Not, That Is The Question?

Ethics are some one's murals, their ability to decide whether or not doing a certain thing is right or wrong. In my research, I found that the most common question asked about ethics in photography is, "Should the photographer had done something to help out these people in need or was he just doing his job & walked away?" To me, I think that the brutal nature of this very real situation makes people believe, it's just that simple to stop & just do in a time of need. Nobody actually knows what they would do if this was going on in front of them. Not to sound completely insensitive but this photographer was just doing his job. I mean I'm sure he helped after he got as much shots as possible so this is just one image, it tells us a story but it doesn't tell us the whole story. We can only assume what the story is by the information given to us in the form of this picture. The photographer could have just been there, in the right place at the wrong time. But to some things up, I think this is a great-powerful ethical shot.

Got my picture & information from, "http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/a-smile-from-tarana-akbari/" part of "The New York Times" online website.