Ethics
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…
An open letter to the NPPA on ethics
Jul 10, 2020
David Burnett
To my fellow photographers & photojournalists, and members & leadership of NPPA: I have been a photographer since JFK was President, and a member of…
Guidelines for ethical photography and storytelling in the post-George Floyd era
Jun 12, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The death of George Floyd this May sparked protests across the USA and even internationally. These events make us reevaluate many things, including the ethics…
This video answers the most common questions on law and ethics of street photography
Oct 14, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Ethics and law in street photography is something that can create a lot of confusion and debate in the community. No matter how well you…
Are you an ethical photographer?
May 14, 2019
Allen Murabayashi
A group of boys in Baraboo, WI assembled for a junior prom photo and posed with a Nazi salute. One of the boys posted the…
To stage or not to stage in travel photography
Mar 25, 2019
Etienne Bossot
With the recent polemics surrounding a certain image that won a photography competition this week, I feel like we need to talk about travel photography. About people photography,…