Xposure 2021: To click or not? War photographers' moral dilemma
Team KT/Sharjah
Filed on February 14, 2021 | Last updated on February 14, 2021 at 08.03 am
Some of the questions posed to the audience at the Xposure 2021 at a seminar titled ‘The Ethics of Capturing the Suffering of Others’.
When does capturing images of the effects and destruction of war cross ethical boundaries? When, for instance, should a documentary photographer press the shutter? When should he or she step back, intervene, or console the subject? These were some of the questions posed to the audience at the fifth edition of the Xposure International Photography Festival on Friday at a seminar titled ‘The Ethics of Capturing the Suffering of Others’.