Questions

“Don’t listen to the person who has answers, listen to the person who has questions.” Albert Einstein

Photographers and creative artists answer questions from the following areas:

The role of the photographer

Is there neutrality or objectivity in journalism ? Fred Ritchin
Do you become a photojournalist or are you?
What motivation does a photo reporter have today?
Winning a big prize is great. But is it luck or skill?
What changes winning a big prize in a photographer’s life?
How does the photojournalist experience the suffering of others?
Is it easier to look outside than inside?
Should the photographic approach to people be active or passive?
What does working on social issues mean for the photographer personally?
How does a photographer choose his subjects?
Is the photo reporter still an ideal today when it’s all about selfie?
Can a photographer foresee what influence his pictures will have?
What is the best way to reach people today as a photographer?
What is the day of a war reporter? Rather romantic or full of fear?
How I photographed the victim of an attack.
What is your personal conflict?
What was your favorite personal topic?

Media

What can go wrong with publications? Samuel Aranda, Spain – Video in Spanish with German subt
Are there grants and prizes that recognize the work of a photojournalist?
Do certain topics repeat themselves periodically? Which are they ?
What is so special about the Festival della Fotografia Etica?
African children using the example of PwA: Do children have to be photographed naked in order to achieve a higher visual impact?
Does it make sense to limit images in terms of ethics?

Art

What is the difference between art (photography) and photography in the context of the media? VIDEO – ARTICLE
What is the boundary between reportage and art?
Does an objective photo exist at all?
Photography and reality. What is the current state of research on the topic?
Does photography have an ethic at all?
We used to domesticate wine and animals. Are we domesticating the pictures today?
What is cruel? A bird in the cage or a picture in the frame?
Liechtenstein exhibition Family of Man
Exhibition in Lausanne

Society

What is the best way to reach people ?
What does photojournalism do for society?
Does Photojournalism Make Changes in Society?
Does culture / society influence the actions of the photojournalist?
Do laws affect the work of the photojournalist?
Does the profession of photojournalist exist outside the so-called “first” world?
Is photojournalism a mode to improve things or just a tool to keep the theater of things going?
Advertising: Instagram with refugees. Is there a question of ethics?
People dull in the flood of images. How can a single picture do something about it?
Does an image reach people’s hearts?
Icon of immigration: Photo of the dead Aylan
What are the reasons today that photography is banned in some places?
Are there signs of our times when people post selfies of themselves in places like Auschwitz?
Is photography a means of provocation?
Are images manipulable balls in the hands of the powerful? The military issue is missing …
How do we find the balance between belief and skepticism in times of blogs and TV trash?
What does it mean to say that photography today is more a matter of community and experience than a thing of document and evidence?

Formation

See the suffering vs. want to help yourself without a camera. Where is the limit
What basic ethical rules should every photographer observe?
How can you make the right decision as a photographer if you often can’t make it as a person?
Is photojournalism something for young people? If so, don’t young people have much more difficulty making the right decision?
What advice would you give a young photographer?
Do you have to teach young people today how to become an entrepreneur or is the photo story enough?
Is creativity the most important thing for photography today?
As a photographer, have you ever had the feeling that you would rather not take pictures now?
Do you need training today to understand the language of photography?

Change

What ist the problem with artificial intelligence? Fred Ritchin
What is the difference between today and earlier?
Were the Indians right when they thought a photo was stealing their soul?
The Iconographic: Does It Change Photography and Art?
From icon to icon phobia
What is the future of photography?
Will “real” photography disappear?
Stephen Mayes interview has many questions …
Was the 60-90 year of the last century the golden age of photojournalism or is it today?
Werner Bischof exhibition and work

Manipulation

Can pictures change the world? Whitney Godoy
Image manipulation: Is it forbidden to level the horizon of a photo?
Do manipulated images require labeling?
What is the difference between the World Press Award and the Tour de France?
What is an “accurate and fair representation” of a scene?
What is an “inapropiate picture manipulation”?
There are many genres of photography. Do others also follow the path of ethics? Art, fashion, advertising …
Has image manipulation already arrived in the private sphere today?
Can you resist the urge to put pictures?
What is a transparent image editing process?
Is a good photographer someone who can lie well?
Javier Bauluz case by Fontcuberta
Mrs. Nabakowsky and the picture theft
Photo forensicists are becoming increasingly popular

Questions

“Don’t listen to the person who has answers, listen to the person who has questions.” Albert Einstein

Photographers and creative artists answer questions from the following areas:

The role of the photographer

Media

Art

Society

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