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[I know this is a photo blog but I really feel that I have to say something about this subject. I am sure this is not the popular thought process but it is important to say.]
It never ceases to amaze me when people feign righteous indignation. Today’s subject of such indignation is a known freelance photographer, R. Umar Abbasi. He has found himself in the spotlight trying to defend his actions of photographing a disaster unfolding before his very eyes in NY’s subway after a disturbed man pushed Ki Suk Han to his death in front of a train. Balderdash, I say. Had I been there I would have done exactly what Mr. Abbasi did and would not be making excuses about my flash…one of my purposes in life, as is Mr. Abassi’s, is to document history with my camera. After all, it is what we photographers do best.
Maybe you might not like this statement but it is, sadly, the truth. A fireman does best fighting fires as does a police officer does best fighting crime. Doctors do best saving lives by treating wounds and diseases. Photographers (and videographers also) do best capturing the sweep of history one frame at a time. Actually, keeping their cameras silent during a critical event may actually be tantamount to malpractice!
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A freelance photographer in New York City took a horrifying shot of a man watching death rumble toward him.
After Ki-Suck Han, 58, was pushed onto subway tracks by another man, he was struck and killed by an oncoming train. The New York Post published the photo taken of the victim on page one, with the headline, "Pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die." Beneath the picture of Han — his back to the camera, his hands on the platform — is the word "DOOMED."
The image triggered outrage and disgust that the photographer, R. Umar Abbasi, didn't try to save Han. But neither did other bystanders. Why should he be singled out for special scorn?
Journalism requires detachment and photo journalism requires instant reflexes. I am more inclined to damn tabloid news editors than a photographer who stumbles upon a soon-to-be death scene. With more time than Abbasi had to think about it, those tabloid editors unsurprisingly chose shock and web views over restraint and respect for the victim's family.
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However, Stanley Forman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who now works as a cameraman for WCVB-Channel 5, and also blogs about news and photography, said, "I don't think I would
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Index. In: Ferrero Hernández C, Tolan J (ed.) The Latin Qur’an, 1143–1500: Transliteration, Transition, Interpretation. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter; 2021. p.489-498. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110702712-026
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