1. The man tried to calm down a panhandler who was harassing people, but the panhandler pushed the man into the path of an oncoming subway. The photographer was able to get the photo because he was a freelance photographer and had a camera and saw the event and took the photo.
2. He said he took the photos so that the train's operator would see the flash and stop. He said he did it as a warning.
3. No, the photographer should not have taken the photo, he should have tried as hard as he could to save the man. Th other people who were recording it should have tried too.
4. The photographer did NOT do the best he could have done to save the guy. From the picture you can't tell the photographer is definitely not close to the man. He "said" that he had done everything he could have done, but if he really had, why was he so far away from the man when he took the photo??? According to his story, he said that he took the photo to warn the train with the flash, but if thats true, why didn't he get closer to the train?? That way it would be easier to see the flash. And think of it this way, this photographer supposedly"tried" to help the guy, couldn't do it, so he STEPPED BACK from the guy and decided to take a photo, so the train could see the FLASH. Does not make sense.
5. I totally disagree with their decision to put this on the cover of a magazine. His family has to see him a second away from death, with NO ONE trying to help him. Everyone now know that guy as the man who wasn't helped, but used as a magazine cover.
6. Sometimes ad things that happen when a photographer is out of their hands and their is no way to help, but in this case their WAS a way. Obviously, the most important job of a photographer is to get good photos, but if there is a case of life or death, they should be human and try to help.
7. YES i thin it is ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself in cases like these. If they don't help, someone could die, and in this case someone did. I get that sometimes photographer's bosses have strict rules about touching why they are photographing, but here it was this dudes CHOICE not to help to his fullest. He just wanted publicity and fame and money.
8. Yes they should avoid events like this as much as they can, because then if they just stand by and take photos, then someone could get hurt, and it could be emotionally and physically degrading for the viewers AND the photographer.
9. HELP!! Thats the most important thing a photographer could have done in this situation. Set aside the frickin' camera, man.
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