Final Extra Credit

1) The man was killed by the subway, due to the pushing of a panhandler who was harassing pedestrians. The man killed, Ki Suk Han, had attempted to approach the handler, only to be pushed onto active subway tracks. R. Umar Abbassi, a photographer, happened to be at the scene, which allowed him the opportunity to take the photo.

2) Abbassi was reportedly unable to help Han, but attempted to alert the subway drivers through the camera flashes. He gave this as his reason for the photograph.

3) Personally, I don't think the photographer should have taken the photo.

4) I don't think the photographer did the best thing in his position, because it seems like there would be a multitude of other options to alert the subway. These options could have included telling workers, or screaming to alert others to help him in lifting the man off the tracks.

5) I actually do agree with the decision to run the photograph on the cover of New York Times, because it helps raise awareness for malfunctions in the subway system and for a heads up on people like the panhandler.

6) To a photojournalist, it seems that capturing a photo would be more important than stopping bad things from happening, simply because it's their job. However, one would hope that in a situation such as this, an innocent life would be more important than a photograph depicting their death.

7) I think that in some cases it is ethic for photographers to involve themselves in a photo, possibly in an instance where the photograph has some sort of personal meaning for them. However, in a situation like this, the photographer shouldn't even have been thinking about taking a picture.

8) Photographers should mostly avoid influencing events in their photos, because it makes the accuracy of the photo unreliable. However, for a funny or joking shoot, events could possibly be influenced if viewers are told.

9) Wow! enough time to take a few pictures. Why didn’t the person help? How many pictures did they take? 3-4 pictures. And nobody tried to help. Not one person. The pictures sure shows that much. What an age we live in when getting the picture is more important! I am appalled.

This response seems to be the most appropriate, because it explains the wrong in taking a photo instead of helping save a life. It also points out how sad of an age we live in that the digital world is more important than a real life.