Photography Ethics Centre
About Photography Ethics Centre
The Photography Ethics Centre is a social enterprise aimed at raising awareness about ethics across the photography industry and around the world.
Photography Ethics Centre Description
The Photography Ethics Centre was founded in 2017 in the midst of global events like the mass migration of Syrian refugees across the Mediterranean, the surge of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar, and the British secession from the EU. The pivotal role that photography plays in geopolitical events like these cannot be overstated. The impact of photographs can be both positive and negative, and can influence at every level from the personal to the global. Photographs have immense power. Photographs can stoke discrimination or influence policy to open doors for refugees. Photography has even played a role in ending war.
We looked for tools to help photographers harness this power and effectively navigate the complicated terrain of ethics amidst the democratisation of photography and the rise of social media. We came up empty. So we put together a training manual ourselves. We formed a team of photographers who care about ethics, but who come at it from different angles and with different kinds of expertise. We created something both theoretical and practical, that grapples with the big questions but is applicable on the ground.
We tested it in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Hanoi, Vietnam. We watched passionate discussions unfold between people who work in all genres and at all levels. We found that ethics is a topic that all photographers can engage with because all photographers have a stake in it. We found that ethics impacts everyone's work, whether or not they are actively conscious of it. Most importantly, we found that the photographers who took our workshops left feeling that they had gained something.
It was the passion and energy that came out of the very first workshops that inspired us to create a system to make this training available to photographers around the world. And so the Photography Ethics Centre was born.
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"'If the majority of images that you see of yourself are negative,' Owunna says, 'if people who look like you are dead or dying or captured in a negative light, how do those images enter your body?' Owunna wanted to counteract the pain of those photos, to create imagery that showed the black body not as a site of death but as a site of magic."
What a day! The #PhotoEthics Symposium at @royalphotographicsociety was a huge success, thanks to our speakers @anthony_luvera @jesscrombie0 @emmachetcuti and Franklyn Rodgers Thanks to every who came to participate in the conversation, and I'll look forward to the next one! @ The Royal Photographic Society
What burning questions would you ask our panelists at the Photography Ethics Symposium? www.rps.org/ethics
So nice to see that people are reading and benefiting from our work!
Learn more about what we will be offering at the upcoming Photography Ethics Symposium at The Royal Photographic Society https://www.linkedin.com/…/introducing- photography-ethics-…/
Freelance photographers have limited opportunities to bounce ideas, get critical feedback, and learn from colleagues. Project Ethics Reviews aim to address this gap.
Announcing the Photography Ethics Symposium at The Royal Photographic Society on December 4, 2019 in Bristol. Speakers include Anthony Luvera, Jess Crombie, Emma Chetcuti, and Franklyn Rodgers. See http://rps.org/ethics for details and booking.
Working in #internationaldevelopment? Book now to join our workshop on taking and sharing photographs #photoethics Discount applies for 2+ persons from the same organisation. Email festival@cada-ni.org for more info!
In a recent article on Firstpost, aerial photographer George Stenimetz writes that privacy concerns around drones rely on the basic judgement of the photographers wielding them. But do we need special regulations?
Registration open now: Workshop on Photography Ethics in International Development
This workshop will be run as part of One World Festival NI on October 22 at NICVA in Belfast. Seats are limited, so book your place today to avoid disappointment!
Read this. New article on Soham Gupta's 'Angst' as a symptom of a larger system of questionable practices of representation from guest contributors Adira Thekkuveettil and Amarnath Praful is available on the website now! https://www.photoethics.org/…/field-not es-on-othering-a-cri…
On a happier note than the last post about wildlife photography, check out this video about how the selfie saved the quokka!
“I hate to say it, but unless there is more knowledge of conservationism out there, we need to consider stopping wildlife photographers from going to certain habitats”
Seeking 5 thoughtful pieces of content (articles, videos, etc) on #photoethics. Get in touch with a pitch if you are interested. We seek especially self-reflexive pieces and new voices on the subject. Selected authors will be remunerated for their time at $50 per article, thanks to the The Pollination Project!
Very honoured to have been awarded a grant from the Pollination Project!
In our 7th episode of Photo Ethics on Film we talk about consent in sensitive settings - like hospitals - by looking at a clip of Grey's Anatomy.