Photo Ethics Article

Please answer the following questions on the provided worksheet. Here is the full article if you need it.

If unable to finish reading and answering the questions, you must do so for HW (due Tuesday, 9/18)!

Questions

1)     What are the different ethical questions/practices that the author discusses in the article?

2)      The author mentions the artist Richard Prince as taking people’s own Instagram photos and selling them as his own artwork.  How do you feel about his work?

3)      Some say that copying is the highest form of flattery. In the artist Tyler Shield’s case, he borrows ideas from other artists to create his own work. How do you feel about this? Do you think that borrowing ideas the way he does is unethical or reasonable?

4)      Is there one ethic in particular that you find especially important? Why do you feel that is important? Please be SPECIFIC!

5)      Is there one ethic in particular that you do NOT find especially important? Why do you feel that is not important? Please be SPECIFIC!