Final Exam Extra Credit

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. 

    The man was pushed onto the track by a panhandler whom Ki Suk Han was trying to calm down earlier before he was pushed. R. Umar Abbasi took the picture by thinking that the flash of his camera could warn the driver that he should stop but it didn't work. 

2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo?

    Abbasi says he took the photo by using his flash to warn off the driver, but according to Abassi it didn't work that he was too late. 

3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo?

    No I think that the photographer could have taken the chance to help lift the man up instead of using his flash. From where the picture was taken I'd say he had enough time to help the man out from the tracks and onto the platform. 

4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not?

    No, this is not the best thing Abassi could have done. He could have saved his life, but instead he took the opportunity to take a photo. 

5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not.

    I disagree this photo should not have gone anywhere it would have given the photographer what he wanted by sacrificing someones life for a picture that is just gruesome and awful. 

6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not?

    To a photojournalist obviously capturing images is important, but in a situation where a life is in danger and you are given the opportunity to act and save that person it is inhuman to it back and take a photo of all the bad things that you have caused. Are you human or a photographer. 

7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not.

   Yes it is ok for a photographer to get involved not everything is this world needs to be captured. Some of the things you actually have to do and you have to help those who need it not just take a picture of them. 

8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer. 
    I think people should act to avoid these awful events photojournalist or not. If someones life is in danger your fist action needs to be to help and act not to pull out a camera take the time to set it up and take a picture and let all the bad things unfold. 

9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation.
     They are disgusted and they think that what he did make all others photographers very ashamed. They believe that he affected their own reputation. They were also mad at how other people around didn't do anything to help him. They are disgusted and shocked at what type of a world we live in.