tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788776892670576834.post1793563290005497794..comments2023-08-05T11:57:07.273+01:00Comments on Paulo Rodrigues Photography: Am I going too far?Paulo Rodrigueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190647858460192668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788776892670576834.post-65599730273911659342008-06-21T23:27:00.000+01:002008-06-21T23:27:00.000+01:00I live with this all the time in my job do you go ...I live with this all the time in my job do you go in or do you hang out. <BR/><BR/>You sometimes have to be seperate from the scene. I have stepped in before. <BR/><BR/>I will not step in. But being a combat photographer rushing in will 9 times out of 10 will get you killed. <BR/><BR/>My close friend took film footage of a soldier being evacuated from a battlefield. He never showed it to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788776892670576834.post-212241480689991122008-06-03T14:32:00.000+01:002008-06-03T14:32:00.000+01:00I try really hard not to judge others for their th...I try really hard not to judge others for their thoughts or actions. I may try to avoid those who have extreme positions from mine, at least where moral issues are important.<BR/><BR/>For me there is no right or wrong to taking the photograph, unless in my opinion your action of taking the photograph vs helping an individual, without jeopardizing your health, would cause harm or more harm to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788776892670576834.post-86993680950406564012008-06-03T10:32:00.000+01:002008-06-03T10:32:00.000+01:00For me it would depend on the motive for the shot....For me it would depend on the motive for the shot. Is it to show humanity at its weakest (the sick man) or at its strongest (the people helping)? If you're showing the story and not glorifying the misery I don't think there would be a problem with it.<BR/><BR/>Getting off the bus to take the picture may have been a little extreme in this case, but it's not a decision I'd like ot make myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com