Vox Darkroom

mickyates Documentary, Ethics, History, Ideas, Mick's Photo Blog, Photography Leave a Comment

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? When Roger Fenton took the first war photographs during the Crimean War (1853-1856), did he fake the most famous image, In The Valley of The Shadow of Death? There are two images existing – one with cannonballs, and one without. Which came first? From Wikipedia: ‘Roger Fenton was sent to record the …

An Ethics Framework for Photography (Part One)

mickyates Aftermath, Change, Collaboration, Culture, Documentary, Ethics, Gaze, History, Ideas, Journalism, Media Theory, Mick's Photo Blog, Nature, Philosophy, Photography, Politics, Race Leave a Comment

I have been researching the ethics of photography, as developed in earlier posts during the MA. My current ‘best approach’ is a Ten Point Framework. SURFACE – THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ITSELF (Technical – Composition – Manipulation) MEANING – THE SUBJECT MATTER (Content – Symbols – Narrative – Caption) GENRE – UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS (e.g. Documentary, Nature, News, Portrait) TIME AND PLACE (Significance …