>About 15 or 20 men were all around him, hitting and stabbing and clubbing. And I was right there, photographing it.
The only noble thing to do here is to intervene with superpowers and fend off 20 armed men with your 70-200 f/2.8 IS

i'd be scared taking the photo coz it is evidence of what happened... I'm not sure if I have to say anything more than that.

Is he cutting his head off? Why do these fuckers only post such small versions? Do they only have holgas?

>>1685088

The photo you posted, iirc, was taken by Nachtwey during protests in Indonesia. He tried to shield the victim of the attack until the very last moment, kneeling down facing the mob and begging for mercy. Hardly an example of a photographer who just took advantage of a tragic situation for a dramatic shot. I've read the article you posted, and it surely raises a few interesting points; take a look at one of the closing segments of "War Photographer", in which Nachtwey himself sheds some light on the misconceptions about a reporter's job.

I seriously don't know which one weighs more.

The stupidity of blaming yourself for not going against twenty men or so with weapons (and most likely dying a painful and a sorry death in a dump while trying to fulfill your stupid self righteous behavior)

or

The stupidity of yourself documenting the act as they might kill you next for doing so

The job of a reporter is to report, and not trying to save the day in a situation in which you might very well meet your untimely demise doesn't make you any less of a human being. We, as a society, have a taboo involving death and the horrible violence leading to it, which seems to prevent us from looking at these things with a cool head. In the case of war photographers, or photoreporters documenting other catastrophes, the main task is to be the eyes of the rest of the world. They see and experience the most gut wrenching aspects of human existence so you don't have to, all the while allowing you to grasp the reality of things outside the safe confine of your comfortable home.
All they seem to get in return is the privilege of being called cowards, scumbags and profiteers, not to mention having to cope with a sense of guilt which has been hard wired into their brains, and ours as well, since a very young age. Kevin Carter is a good example of what happens when this all is pushed to the limit.

>>1685135
>Kevin Carter is a good example of what happens when this all is pushed to the limit.
No, Kevin carter commited suicide because he was a drug addict, broke as fuck, lost his best friend, and got divorced aswell in a short period of time. Not because of PJ guilt.

Man some of the people commenting are complete fucktards. Those photographers are doing more to solve situations like this than the idiots who parrot their morality over the internet.

>>1685090
This

You can do shit, you're just one man with a big expensive camera

Against 15 paramilitary fucks

You simply can't do shit, most people would run the fuck out of that place

They're doing too much in reality, exposing the violence and shit conditions of those places to the world

>>1685153
Also, Carter had a shitty life, he didn't knew what to do with his life, and he wasn't a great photographer