The Photographer's Ethical Toolkit

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This course will introduce you to some key principles in photography ethics. It is applicable to photojournalists as well as anyone who regularly takes or shares photographs.

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This course is divided into five sections:

  • Section 1 discusses photography ethics and introduces three key ethical principles in photography:

     Empathy, Autonomy, and Integrity.
  • Section 2 explores how empathy can be applied in photography.
  • Section 3 explores the principle of autonomy in photography, and discusses how you can handle consent in different situations.
  • Section 4 explores the importance of acting with integrity toward the audience.
  • Section 5 summarises the key points covered in the course and lists some takeaway questions to consider in your photography practice.


By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Apply empathy, autonomy, and integrity to your photography practice
  • Appreciate the considerations that impact ethical decision-making in photography
  • Engage with important ethical discussions that are taking place within photography

Savannah Dodd - Course Instructor

Savannah is a photographer and anthropologist who founded the Photography Ethics Centre, a social enterprise dedicated to raising awareness about ethics across the photography industry and around the world.  

Kate Holt - Arete

Kate is an award winning freelance photojournalist and director of Arete, a communications agency. She has worked for some of the UK's leading news titles on assignments across Africa, Afghanistan and the Middle East.  

Salim Amin - Camerapix

Salim Amin is chairman of Camerapix, a pan-African multimedia company based in Kenya. He is also founder and chairman of the NGO, The Mohamed Amin Foundation which trains journalists in TV, radio, photojournalism and multimedia skills.  

To successfully complete the course and get your certificate, you will need to achieve a 60% pass rate for the graded assessment.