The following resources are supplementary to the APS Ethics in Photography Conversation video (July 2024) available under the APSLearn Podcast list.
The list has been complied by Lisa Kurtz one of the video participants. Refer to the video for Lisa’s details.
The Photography Ethics Centre
https://www.photoethics.org/
The Photography Ethics Centre is dedicated to raising awareness about ethics and promoting ethical literacy across the visual media industries. They have a variety of programs, including a free online course ‘The Photographer's Ethical Toolkit‘ as well as a The Photo Ethics Podcast. I highly recommend the course and the podcast.
Ethical Journalism Network
https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/
EJN is a coalition of more than 70 groups of journalists, editors, press owners and media support groups
from across the globe. They have defined the 5 core principles of ethical journalism.
NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts)
https://code.visualarts.net.au/principles-ethics-and-rights/overview
An ethical framework for working in the visual arts in Australia.
Sections include First Nations, racial equity and representation, gender equity, community engagement,
environmental impact.
Content Authenticity Initiative
https://contentauthenticity.org/
Excerpt from website:
The Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) is a cross-industry coalition of over 2,000 major media and technology companies. It was founded by Adobe in 2019, and Adobe continues to lead it. The CAI develops open-source tools for verifiably recording the provenance of any digital media, including content made with generative AI. The coalition’s mission is to support broad adoption, making content authenticity and transparency scalable and accessible.
Photoshop AI
https://www.adobe.com/au/products/photoshop/ai.html
Excerpt from website:
Anyone can create and edit images with AI using simple text prompts with Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Photoshop. And now you can try the next generation of generative AI features in the Photoshop (beta) app. Generate dozens of ideas, create scenes from scratch and get rich, life-like results with more control than ever.
Bloomberg study on AI bias
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-generative-ai-bias/
Excerpt from article:
The world according to Stable Diffusion is run by White male CEOs. Women are rarely doctors, lawyers or judges. Men with dark skin commit crimes, while women with dark skin flip burgers. Stable Diffusion generates images using artificial intelligence, in response to written prompts. Like many AI models, what it creates may seem plausible on its face but is actually a distortion of reality. An analysis of more than 5,000 images created with Stable Diffusion found that it takes racial and gender disparities to extremes — worse than those found in the real world. This phenomenon is worth closer examination as image-generation models such as Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, OpenAI’s Dall-E, and other tools like them, rapidly morph from fun, creative outlets for personal expression into the platforms on which the future economy will be built.
Truth in Photography
https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/truth-in-photography/
https://www.truthinphotography.org/
Excerpt from website:
Truth in Photography is a new interactive platform looking into the history of image-making through the work of renowned artists, lesser-known practitioners and vernacular photography. Magnum Photos will be collaborating with Alan Govenar, curator and founder of the platform, to provide content drawn from the archives as well as contemporary work that will interrogate the nature and intentions of the medium.
Cultural Protocols
https://blaklens.com.au/5-easy-steps-to-create-better-photography-when-visiting-an- indigenouscommunity-in-australia/
https://www.canon.com.au/get-inspired/first-nations-photography-protocols
https://www.nikon.com.au/news/naidoc-2022