Extra Credit

The man in the photo had been pushed into the tracks after trying to calm down a man who was harassing people. After falling in, the man struggled to get out and the photographer supposedly tried to pull him out. After failing, the photographer said he was trying to use his flash to signal the train to stop, thus capturing the pictures. I don't think the photographer should've taken the pictures, even if he was telling the truth about trying to signal the train. Even so, the pictures should not have been used in the magazine. It's a terrifying picture, and it probably made his family go through so much more pain. Photojournalism is about capturing life, but if you have the opportunity to save a life to save it. You should not stand idly by and snap pictures. A photographer involving themselves in a situation they photograph is ethical sometimes. For example, if they went on a volunteering trip somewhere and took some pictures of what they saw in their free time, that would be okay. But in the case of the man falling into the tracks, I don't think it was okay for the photographer to take pictures after trying to save his life and failing.