Nice use of the rule of thirds.
What was unethical about this photo was the hunting down of the identity of the man and making a big deal of it, dragging his family into a debate on ethics where they should not have even known it was him. But that was just sensationalising the whole thing. To sell copy.
As a piece of reportage, it’s brilliant.
As a record of a tragedy, it’s valid.
I have vivid memories of other people jumping from those buildings shown live. Those memories are much more effective at eliciting the emotion of the event.
There are much worse pictures of acts of terrorism out there. Pictures of dead children from Lebanon, for example.
What was unethical about this photo was the hunting down of the identity of the man and making a big deal of it, dragging his family into a debate on ethics where they should not have even known it was him. But that was just sensationalising the whole thing. To sell copy.
As a piece of reportage, it’s brilliant.
As a record of a tragedy, it’s valid.
I have vivid memories of other people jumping from those buildings shown live. Those memories are much more effective at eliciting the emotion of the event.
There are much worse pictures of acts of terrorism out there. Pictures of dead children from Lebanon, for example.