Ethical Dilemma for Photgraphers - What would YOU do?

Pov · Post by **Pov** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:41 pm

With all your honour and dignity, what would you do? This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.

Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought. By
giving an honest answer you will be able to test where you stand morally.

The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where
you will have to make a decision one way or the other. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous.

Please scroll down slowly and consider each line - this is important for the test to work accurately.

You're in Florida...in Miami, to be exact... There is great chaos
going on around you, caused by a hurricane and severe floods ....... There are huge masses of water all around you.... You are a photographer and you are in the middle of this great disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless.

You're trying to shoot very impressive photos. There are houses and people floating around you, disappearing into the water. Nature is showing all its destroying power and is ripping everything away with it.

Suddenly you see a man in the water, he is fighting for his life,
trying not to be taken away by the masses of water and mud. You move closer.

Somehow the man looks familiar. Suddenly you know who it is - it's George W. Bush! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him away...forever.

You have two options. You can save him or you can take the best photo of your life.

So you can save the life of George W. Bush, or you can shoot a
Pulitzer prize winning photo. A unique photo displaying the death of one of the world's most powerful men.

And here's the question: (Please give an honest answer)

Would you select color film, or go with the simplicity of classic
black and white?

RedShoes · Post by **RedShoes** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:57 pm

Thanks for a much needed giggle, Pov.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:24 pm

It's a tough call, Pov. Color can be so vivid and bring everything to life, and yet, black and white is - as you said - classic, and would capture the moment forever in a timeless manner.

I think maybe black and white. The magazines would probably pay more for it.

Just don't tell my dad - he's a huge W fan.

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:23 pm

i like the drama that B&W photography provides......

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:35 pm

Any chance Yoko Ono is struggling for air somewhere nearby? That would be a great picture.

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:46 pm

Is it sunny or overcast?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:38 am

noiseradio wrote:Any chance Yoko Ono is struggling for air somewhere nearby? That would be a great picture.

Gufaw gufaw. How original.

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:27 am

Anytime I am in any position to save someone's life, I'll do it.

Unless they're a mass murderer or something.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:15 am

exactly how many do you have to kill before it becomes a "mass"?

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:30 am

mood swung wrote:exactly how many do you have to kill before it becomes a "mass"?

At least two. It doesn't count if you shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:17 am

Or if you're a killer Queen.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:40 am

What if you are responsible for the deaths of over 500 American soldiers and thousands of Iraqi soldiers and civilians? Does that count?

taz · Post by **taz** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:44 am

No Ms. BA, that's 'patriotism'/world saving....completely seperate column on the spreadsheet...

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:12 am

black and white

then i'd go on over to lapinjolis' crib

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:18 pm

bambooneedle wrote:
noiseradio wrote:Any chance Yoko Ono is struggling for air somewhere nearby? That would be a great picture.
Gufaw gufaw. How original.

No comment on the killing of Bush joke from you, though. Hmmm. I guess it's ok to joke about killing some public figures, but not others.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:36 pm

Bush joke form?

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:05 pm

from, sorry.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 7:18 am

noiseradio wrote:No comment on the killing of Bush joke from you, though. Hmmm. I guess it's ok to joke about killing some public figures, but not others.

My comment had nothing to do with about 'who', but about 'how'... Pov obviously made a clever joke, then i found yours to be anticlimactically unfunny being a decidedly unoriginal spin-off of it (with other unoriginal elements). Fair enough?

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:43 am

Pov's joke has been going around since the Nixon administration. The first time I heard it, it was about Clinton (in 1993). So spare me the unoriginality accusation.

I don't see you jumping down anyone else's throat when they make a joke you find less than clever. By my count, there are at least 5 other spin-off jokes on this thread, one involving Johnny Cash, a couple about the Iraq War, and another that seems to be a Queen reference. I'm in good company. Still, it isn't surprising that you singled mine out for comment. Seems to me you responded to my joke because you like taking shots at me. Fair enough?

Pov · Post by **Pov** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:00 am

noiseradio wrote:Pov's joke has been going around since the Nixon administration. The first time I heard it, it was about Clinton (in 1993). So spare me the unoriginality accusation.

It's not even my joke! I copied it from a photography bulletin board. Another variant I saw has you deciding which lens to use.

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:03 am

Dang! I so wanted to get my teeth into this....

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:27 am

Pov wrote:
noiseradio wrote:Pov's joke has been going around since the Nixon administration. The first time I heard it, it was about Clinton (in 1993). So spare me the unoriginality accusation.

It's not even my joke! I copied it from a photography bulletin board. Another variant I saw has you deciding which lens to use.

I got it in French last week, but the question at the end was "mat ou brillant?" (Matte or glossy?)

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:18 am

Pov,

Just so you know, I think it's a funny joke, regardless of which President it's about or where it came from. It's just a really funny joke structure.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:00 am

sheeesh, just get over it.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:28 am

So would that make you the pot or the kettle?