Ethics

Here’s How to Save Humpback Whales With Your Photos

Jul 20, 2026 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

In the first two weeks of July, humpback whales turned up trailing fishing line on both sides of the Pacific, and rescue teams scrambled to…



Is It Illegal to Take Pictures of People? A Photographer’s Guide to Privacy, Permits and the Law

Jun 15, 2026 Leonard Skapp

If you’ve ever pointed a camera at a stranger in a public place, you might have wondered where the law stands. Is it legal to…



Ethical Travel Photography: How to Capture Without Exploiting

Nov 29, 2025 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Ethical Travel Photography: How to Capture Without Exploiting Travel photography is an opportunity for visual storytelling, but also cultural connection and learning. But none of…



Navigating ethics and authenticity in photography

Jan 14, 2025 Matt Payne

In Episode 403 of the podcast “F-Stop Collaborate and Listen,” I had the privilege of speaking with Marsel van Oosten, an award-winning photographer celebrated for…



There are no ethical camera brands, study finds – Buy used instead

Apr 26, 2021 John Aldred

“Ethical consumerism” is defined as a type of “consumer activism”. The idea is that the concept of voting with your wallet to convince companies to…



Five tips to an ethical photography practice

Mar 24, 2021 Danielle Khan Da Silva

Our brains love good storytelling. In fact, humans are hard-wired for storytelling as a means of survival and protecting ourselves. Storytelling is perhaps the most…



Why you shouldn’t do street photography: the problem of ethics and representation

Nov 23, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Street photography is important, versatile, and in my opinion – one of the most challenging genres there is. But there are some problems with street…



The ethics of photography: when should you put the camera down?

Jun 18, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

The ethics of photography is certainly a topic worth discussing. Are there times when we should just put our cameras down for the sake of…



Slum pictures – let’s talk about ethics

Apr 20, 2018 Nils Heininger

A walk on the trash mountains My eyes are filled with tears, because of the smoke. The plastic-particles in the air are itching in my…



The Importance of Ethical Landscape Photography

Nov 14, 2017 Spencer Cox

I’ve wondered for a long time what it means to be an ethical landscape photographer. Sure, this field isn’t known for its wide-reaching moral dilemmas…