[Leica] Photojournalists and permission

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

>I'm asking myself if we are walking towards a beautified world where our 
>image is just what we fancy, and some things only happens in far places. 
>Kinda blindfolded donkeys.

Luis,

I agree. I thinks it's the photographer's right to be indescreet (not to be 
confound with non-ethic) in some situations. Otherwise we would have missed 
tons of good and important shots.

Basically, I don't see an ethic issue in photographing a situation that 
shows persons in a unfortunate situation, like homeless people, or people 
aggrieved by war or catastrophes. It depends more what the photographer (or 
his editor) is claiming for it, and if the people on the photos is 
identifiable or not.

If the photographer only want's to cause a sensation, then I agree with 
Karen, as this is a violation of privacy and therefore ethically not 
justifiable.

I do sometime ask people, before I shoot, and sometimes not. It's a 
question of the intuition. It depends on the situation and I don't have a 
general rule, except, if I feel I don't have to ask, then I prefer not to 
ask.

Didier