Richard Billingham

[jacobcockle]

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<p >Richard Billingham took family portraits, these photos were taken from a firm as working class parents home and family environment as photography push boundaries of how a photographic portrait examines people. He takes images of his family in situations as honestly as he can. This made his photography unique and controversial he didn’t care about how his family ought to look when he turned the camera to document the situation at the heart of the working class life. Question I ask is is it morally okay to publish images betraying people in a light which is deeply personal and private?</p>

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[Uhooru]

<p>Depends on how you define the ethics of the situation. Only you can answer that question for you. But if you look around, you will see very many of the great photodocumentary's are of very personal situations. Also are you asking for your self or for Billingham?</p>

[andrewlamb]

<p>I think the way you have worded the question gives lie to the the answer you're looking for.</p>

<p>As for as I understand it, Billingham originally took the photos of his family as studies for an intended series of paintings. If the pictures were published with his family's consent, is there a probem?</p>