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I am a father of two, who has been a paramedic for 15 years and a professional photographer for around 5. That is until recently, from the 1st of May 2017 I will no longer work on the frontline full time. Instead I have made the transition from specialist paramedic to advanced practitioner and will be working full time in primary care. This blog will chart the development of myself from my current role of specialist paramedic to an advanced practitioner. In the last year I was diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis. Which is a degenerative condition which affects the spine. While this diagnosis saddened me obviously. It also came as a relief as I had struggled for over a year and had no idea what was wrong with me. So the diagnosis also came with some relief as I finally had a name to put to my condition. It did help me to look forward and consider a new career pathway. I am the first paramedic to work in primary care in my practice area. This is quite an accolade.

Monday 26 September 2011

Ethics


I have started my research into the ethics essay, I am considering looking at the ethics of street photography, in particular in relation to my profession :

I have a working title which is  :  The ethics of street photography

I intend to question whether it is ethical to still take photographs on the streets and if not why not? 

It is my belief that it is; street photography has been around almost as long as cameras have been portable. People like Bresson started in the 30's and it has carried on ever since. But is it ethical today?

 

I found several good websites which look at street photography :

http://www.nickturpin.com/nt11/words/what-was-the-subject/

I also found an interview / documentary at this website called the in-sight documentary :

http://www.nickturpin.com/nt11/moving/in-sight-documentary2/

I watched the preview and may download the whole documentary  for my essay if it proves relevant, guidance needed from my tutor.

 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/2009/08/twirlrun_on_the_street.html

I bought a book in the summer  which will help me with my essay :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Photography-Now-black---white/dp/0500289077/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1317033955&sr=8-3

Nick Turpin says of this book

I find it significant of some slight change in attitude that this year a large publisher, Thames and Hudson will release their survey of the contemporary scene, Street Photography Now and my own small publishing company will release '10' containing 200 mostly un-themed images from the in-public group. Neither of us would invest in these publications unless we thought their was now an audience for this work that is largely about nothing and, of course, about everything.
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