Extra Credit

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. The photographer was able to take the photograph because he was trying to alert the train to stop with his flash on the camera.

2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo? he probably said it because he was trying to help stop the train.


3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo? Yes I think he should of taken it because he was doing all he could to help out because, he wasn't strong enough to help.


4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not? I think he did the best thing in this situation because if he wasn't strong enough to help him out then he need to alert the train to stop and, he did all that he could do.

5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not. I don't really mind if he did or didn't. I mean it is a grabbing image with an interesting story and is cool to post it. But, sometimes it is sad for it to be posted because he tried to save him but unfortunately the man died.

6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not? For a photo journalist i think it depends. If it means saving someones life, if i were a photojournalist going through the experience of saving someones life is better then capturing an image of it.

7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not. I think it was ethical because he wasn't really trying to take a picture of someone dying… it was him trying to alert the train to stop.

8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer. I don't think it is to that point for a photojournalist to avoid, because any event can come up at any given time.
 
9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation. I'm pretty surprised how most of them left some negative comments on his post because, all he was doing was trying to alert the train to stop.