Final Exam - Extra Credit

1. Ki Suk Han was killed by a subway because he was pushed onto the tracks by an aggravated man, although Han was just attempting to calm him down. The photographer R. Ubar Abbasi, was able to take this photo because he knew he wasn't fast enough to physically help the man up, so Abbasi used his camera flash to try and warn the train.
2. R. Ubar Abbasi claims he took the photo, using flash many times, to try and give the train a message to stop.
3. in my opinion, I thin the photographer should have tried to physically help the man off the tracks instead of taking photos, even though he claims he wouldn't have been fast enough, you never know if you don't try.
4. I don't think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation because when it comes to having a very popular photo published in your name for the New York Post or attempting at heroically saving a man's life, he should have tried to save the man.
5. I do not agree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post because so many hate comments from viewers and controversial topics could have been avoided if Ki Suk Han's death was not displayed everywhere for tons of people to see.
6. I think a photojournalism is more intent on capturing the events that happen instead of helping with them because their job is to inform others of topics that we don't experience first-hand so we will be more informed and have hopefully honest information from someone who saw the event with their own eyes.
7.  I think it is ethically acceptable for  photographer to involve him or herself in a situation if a person or many people will be badly hurt or even killed from the outcome of the situation.
8. I think photojournalists should avoid influencing events most always because they can be badly judged by viewers if they say something that viewers don't want to hear or see.
9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, I feel that the most appropriate response for this situation would be telling the truth, which involves attempting to help someone escape from death and documenting about the event since he/she was there, but not using such a vivid and devastating photo.