Photography Ethics Centre

As we launch a campaign encouraging professionals in the photography industry to write and publish Statements of Ethics, we want to share our own Statement of Ethics: We believe that people come first. Our interactions with others are built on respect.

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📣 Today we are excited to announce the 2024 Photo Ethics Symposium on the theme: "Ethics in the Age of AI." To see the full programme and to find the link to register for FREE, visit photoethics.org/content/2024/1…

If a picture is worth a thousand words, let's get images right, especially when representing those affected by #NTDs. Discover the results of a new research project @PhotoEthics which distils eight key lessons in photography ethics: photoethics.org/content/2024/1…

📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast 📸 Lesson 8: Photography ethics change. “Ethics is changing, you will make mistakes, and there will be things you need to unlearn.” - Anne Nwakalor Read the full report at photoethics.org/articles #ThePhotoEthicsPodcast

Download the full report at photoethics.org/articles #ThePhotoEthicsPodcast

“A lot of people go in with the camera first. I think that, for me, is a problem. Sometimes you have to spend a lot of time without the camera to understand people, to understand societies.” - Fati Abubakar (@fatiabubakarr)

📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast 📸 Lesson 7: Good intentions are important, but they are not always enough.

📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast Lesson 6: Photography is powerful. “The one thing about photography is that it’s universal.” - Brent Lewis (@BlewisPhoto) Read the full report at lnkd.in/euPZUhZN #ThePhotoEthicsPodcast

Read the full report at photoethics.org/articles #ThePhotoEthicsPodcast

📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast Lesson 5: Transparency is key for building trust. “Trust is established not when the picture’s being taken, but in between the moments that the picture is being taken.” - Mallika Vora (@mallikaphoto)

Read the full report at photoethics.org/articles

📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast Lesson 4: Consent is a dialogue that takes time. “Ultimately it’s about a conversation, a really, really in-depth, honest conversation, and it’s about allowing yourself the time to have that conversation.” - @JessCrombie

"Despite the ongoing discussion about photography ethics, practice is sometimes slower to change." theconversation.com/ai-is-just-one…

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📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast Lesson 3: The language we use matters. “I think we need to open up and think about how certain places are being represented, and if we feel like we can add to that, then that’s what we should do.” - Tamara Abdul Hadi (@tamarabdul)

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📸Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast Lesson 2: A photographer’s positionality shapes the stories they tell. “In your career as a photographer … you’re going to tell hundreds of stories, but the first story you have to tell to yourself is the one about you.” - @tlpix

AI is just one of the thorny issues facing photography – here’s how the industry can prioritise ethics theconversation.com/ai-is-just-one… via @ConversationUK

📸 Eight Lessons from The Photo Ethics Podcast Lesson 1: Visual storytelling is a collaboration. “At the end of the day, you have to work with someone in order to be able to tell a story.” - Sarah Waiswa (@LAfrohemien) Download the full report at photoethics.org/articles

Today, on #GlobalEthicsDay 2024, we are publishing the results of a research project which distils 8 lessons in #photoethics based on 48 interviews with photographers from The Photo Ethics Podcast. It is available for download in six languages: photoethics.org/articles