“In this guide there exists a throughline of recognition that photography has power; that its power has often been used to advance dangerous ideas which encourage oppressive social practices toward certain marginalized groups; and that it is up to each of us to educate ourselves how to move away from that kind of imagery.” (Source: Authority Collective / PhotoShelter)
“Often the words used to describe photography and image making have echos of hunting, colonialism, and slavery. We at Diversify Photo would like to imagine a vocabulary that uplifts authorship and creativity.” (Source: Diversify Photo)
“What is current practice, and what are the accepted standards internationally, when it comes to the manipulation of still images in photojournalism?” (Source: David Campbell / World Press Photo)
PHOTO BILL OF RIGHTS
by the Authority Collective / Color Positive / Diversify Photo / The Everyday Projects / Juntos / National Press Photographers Association / Natives Photograph / Women Photograph
“The Photo Bill of Rights provides a framework to build a more inclusive and equitable visual media industry. Additionally—through toolkits, programming, and resources—we hope to empower individuals and institutions to leverage their relative power and reimagine healthier relationships among one another and with our communities.” (Source: Photo Bill Of Rights)
PHOTOGRAPHY ETHICS CENTRE
by Savannah Dodd (Founder)
“We teach ethical literacy. Ethical literacy is about having the skills to make sound ethical decisions. These skills include things like critical thinking, situational awareness, and cultural sensitivity. We help photographers to develop skills to think critically about ethics in their work and the language to define their own ethical practice.” (Source: Photography Ethics Centre)
“Certain images underscore an unbridgeable gap and a never-to-be-toppled hierarchy. When a group of people is judged to be “foreign,” it becomes far more likely that news organizations will run, for the consumption of their audiences, explicit, disturbing photographs of members of that group: starving children or bullet-riddled bodies. Meanwhile, the injury and degradation of those with whom readers perceive a kinship — a judgment often based on racial sympathy and class loyalties — is routinely treated in more circumspect fashion.” (Source: Teju Cole / NYT)
“Constructive and solutions journalism escapes the straightjacket of the either/or options that too often frame the options of reporting. It rejects the idea that the negativity bias can be simply addressed through a balanced media diet that includes good helpings of happy and positive accounts of the world. Nor is it promoting advocacy or impact journalism.” (Source: David Campbell / Witness)