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08/07/2006 07:38:55 AM · #1 |
What were they thinking!
This is a horrible story and reflects badly on anyone with a camera as we all get tarred with the same brush.
On the other hand, I noticed during the 7/7 bombings in London, the BBC were actually asking people with camera phones to send in their images, which made me wince a little. Actively soliciting news images from people with little or no credentials, who have no training in ethics or the law felt a little irresponsible to me. It encourages the sort of behaviour shown by the people in the above story. IMHO.
Message edited by author 2006-08-07 07:40:24. |
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08/07/2006 08:05:15 AM · #2 |
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08/07/2006 08:17:24 AM · #3 |
It's human nature. We are, for one reason or another, drawn to these macabre scenes. We just can't help ourselves, we are curious by nature. If it was you who got paid big bucks for selling such an image then I think you'd perhaps have a different point of view. This is not a personal attack, just an observation.
June
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08/07/2006 08:56:50 AM · #4 |
I think it's because there's not enough photography like this used in public reports and press that people continue to drive stupidly and drift through life in a tidy little protective bubble. If the reality of the world is displayed more openly then people know what things are about and are more closely connected to their environment.
For instance if all meat products were accompanied by a photo of the animal they were produced from being killed in the abatoir then maybe there might be more vegetarians.
The only fair reason for those motorists being ticketed is that they may have been driving while using their phone. |
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08/07/2006 09:19:51 AM · #5 |
I'm pretty sure they weren't being ticketed just for using their cameras, theres nothing illegal about photographing accidents etc but it is illegal to be driving without due care and attention...... so presumably passengers using camera phones were not ticketed.
As for teh BBC's use of camera phone pics. In this world of having thousands of people wandering around with cameras I don't think its a bad thing that they solicite contributions from the public, bear in mind of course any contributions are always gonna be vetted by BBC staff who are trained in the ethics etc. |
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08/07/2006 09:53:27 AM · #6 |
Wow...must be just me then. I can't think of why I would want to photograph a dead family mangled in a car. I'd be too upset to even think of taking an image let alone actually doing it.
I respect your opinions, but I'm just a little surprised. |
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08/07/2006 10:00:21 AM · #7 |
wow I would never do that, what can or do you get out of seeing or taking a photo of a family mangled in a car wreck/accident. I would never do that, just wrong to me.
Message edited by author 2006-08-07 10:01:08.
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08/07/2006 10:15:27 AM · #8 |
| From the other side of the road they wouldnt have been able to see any of the victims or anything on their little camera phones, so I guess they were just taking photos of what they saw as a huge wreckage. Probably mostly to show their husbands or wives when they got home, "Check out this accident I drove past!" I doubt there was any ill-intention. |
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08/07/2006 10:27:02 AM · #9 |
Your probably right...but the police felt strongly enough to put up a screen..so perhaps they could see?
Message edited by author 2006-08-07 10:28:33. |
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08/07/2006 12:16:51 PM · #10 |
I'm with you on this Amber..
I would never want to have to shoot something like that.
I guess, for the purpose of reporting, someone had to do the "dirty" job... ... but.. it just donsn't feel right for me..
We had a case of a soldier committing sucide, bout 6 years ago... he shot himself in the head with an assult rifle..
the room was filled with a strong stench and there were brain matters all over the room and roof...
It happened in the wee hours and another guy had to take the photos for documentation... I'm glad I'm not the one taking the photos...
Saw the photos a few days later (was shot on film) ... it's really gruesome... It kind of gotten permanently etch onto my mind...
Sigh.. :(
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08/07/2006 12:41:28 PM · #11 |
*Raises Hand*
I'm guilty of taking photos of accidents. Would have no clue if there were deceased people or not. One time, there was a semi truck wedged way back into the woods off the wrong side of the highway, and an SUV flipped up on it's roof. You just don't see things like that every day. But I definately wasn't trying to capture mangled people, just the weird predicaments they got their vehicles into. |
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