1. Ki Suk Han was killed when he was run over by a subway train in New York Subway station. Han was apparently pushed onto the tracks by some unknown person and was trying to climb out when the train came. Umar Abbasi, the man who took the photos, was trying to get the train driver's attention with the flashes of his camera. The driver couldn't stop in time, and so Han was sadly run over and died.
2. Umar Abbasi said that he took the photo so that the driver would see the flashes. Then when the driver saw the flashes, he would try to stop the train in time so that Han wasn't hurt.
3. I do not think the photographer should have taken the photos. Instead I think he should have at least tried to help the man up. Yes, there was very little time, but Han has one arm up on the side of the tracks. So it seems as if with one helping hand, Han could have been pulled out with maybe only getting hurt, not getting killed.
4. I do not think that the photographer did the best thing, taking photos. I'll give him the credit of trying, but I would think he thought the time the driver would have registered seeing the flashes, realizing something was wrong, then stopping the train, it would have been too late.
5. I disagree with the decision to run the photo in the paper, because it makes the photographer look like a bad person. At first glance, or first read, it looks as if the photographer had planned it and was responsible for Han's death. Even if that isn't true, it is what the photo portrays.
6. I think stopping bad things from happening is a lot more important than capturing the perfect photo at the perfect time. You could get other photos, but I don't think the photo is worth loosing a life. Just think how Han's family and friends are reacting to the news. More than likely, in a year nobody is going to car about the photos he took at the perfect time. His family and friends however will always wish that he was still here.
7. I think it is ethically acceptable for the photographer to involve themselves in the situation they are photographing if it is a self portrait or a picture reflecting something about themselves. If it isn't really a picture having to do with you, then why would you involve yourself in it? I think photography should be honest, and if you aren't involved in the situation involved in the photograph, don't put yourself in it.
8. I think photographers should influence what is happening if it is what they want to happen in the photo, and it doesn't arm anything or anyone. If for instance you are trying to get a picture of a dog panting or something like that, and you play fetch with it to get it a little tired, that is fine. But if you are trying to get a photo of something, and you have to hurt something or someone, that is not okay in my opinion. Even though there was little time, I think the photographer should have tried to save Han, in a way that wasn't taking pictures, using the flash to alert the driver.
9. It seems that the photographers that responded to this story are in favor depending on the photographers instincts. Many of them said that due to little time, you would have to follow your instincts and just do the first thing that came to mind. Wether or not that is take pictures, or rush and try to help the man out, depends on who was there and what their first instinct was.
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