Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We have a newspaper in Ecuador that generally runs pictures of accident victims on the front page.... I've passed a lot of accidents in Ecuador where people were killed and bodies were hanging out of windows or laying out on the pavement.... and a nearby horrific airplane crash... and I've had my cameras with me.... I've never even considered taking pictures of dead people... I personally feel that is the ultimate exploitation of people in a time of crisis and if someone told me not to take a shot in that instance... The last thing I would do would be to argue with him and I'd quickly put the camera away... I place peoples feelings higher than my photography. I have shot difficult situations like funerals... but only in cases where the family has asked me to cover that for family members who weren't able to come to Ecuador. And I try to be as discreet as possible..... But It's not my job to take pictures of dead people and I personally wouldn't try to sell them on a freelance basis either... Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador Duane's Photographs of Ecuador http://duane_birkey.tripod.com