Ian Shalapata
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Are you an ethical photographer?
Ian Shalapata replied to invisibleflash's topic in The History & Philosophy of Photography
Ethics, like morals, are not a line in the sand where, if we cross it, we are now unethical. They are not either a colour with which we can paint everyone. They are within ourselves, each of us with our own line which may or may not shift over time. If someone says, "That photographer is unethical because they baited an area to attract wildlife," only speaks to the ethics of the speaker and not of the photographer. I couldn't care less what others think of me. Where one person may say I am unethical, another may agree with my actions. I can't waste time getting wrapped around the axel about what others think. I can only abide by what I feel is ethically right or wrong. -
