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Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
/p/ i'm in a weird situation. I got a message through my flickr today from a publishing company asking me if they could publish a photo in one of their books. Which i find actually kinda cool, despite the fact that it'd be a trade.

However, the photo they choose is one i regret taking simply because I feel it's disrespectful (back to the dorky "is it proper to take pics in a cemetary" thing). Am I just being an idiot and should say yes, or should I stuck with what I feel and say no ?


Pic related, it's the one they want.
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>> rubber shoes in motion !FwDS1IFr..
it's not like shooting the homeless or something..

i say go for it. congrats.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>293622

well I know, but since you can read the names on the headstones, wouldn't that be kinda disrespectful, or no...?
>> ?suomynonA ??????????
i wouldn't say it's disrespectful. this is a military burial site, right? a good picture of those always brings about respect for all the soldiers that died protecting their country etc. i don't see any disrespect here.
>> Anonymous
Whats wrong with shooting in a cemetary?

>>293622
Whats wrong with shooting the homeless? I always give them money.
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
It's a respectful photo. It shows the graves and this piece of cemetery in a nice way. Do you agree with their use of it? If so, it doesn't seem like you're doing anything disrespectful to anyone who's name could be read on there. And admittedly, they're grave markers, you expect that there will be names.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>293644

thank you for the insight.

My first reaction was "no!" even before looking at the website, but then I felt like i was being an idiot for saying no... so i'll just mull things over for a few days.
>> Anonymous
>>293621
I think you've already got it figured out. Going with something other than your gut feeling at this point is something you're going to regret, regardless of other people's view of graveyard photography.

So no, don't do it.
>> Anonymous
There's a TED talk on it if it might help you decide.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories.html
>> Anonymous
>>293658
Man, this thread is all sorts of old school /p/: people actually being helpful.

>Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
>With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet

I lol'ed at this too-perfect typo.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
decided to go with my gut feeling and say no. :)
>> Lynx !!KY+lVSl0s2m
Kinda in the same boat as your Liska. I've got work for school that I did on Veterans Day from the Veteran's Cemetary and it was due today. I decided now to print anything I took at the cemetary, I'm a dyed in the wool /b/tard, but I didn't feel right turning it in. Growing up on military bases probably has something to do with it.
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Hobos are fair game tho.
>> else !L6xabslN96
i'd say it's fair game if you don't make money off it. but i'm not the most morally sound person, what seems alright to me is always very disagreeable to some people :(
>> Anonymous
I am not certain what the ethical difference is between publishing in a book and "publishing" on flickr or here.

Given your discussion of WHY you feel it may be disrespectful, I am not even sure how publishing comes into it -- if I understand you, you're most concerned about whether it is OK to walk around in the cemetary and take the pictures, and that has already happened.

FWIW, I also believe in life after death, and my thought is that I would not mind you being there taking pictures, or publishing pictures, or keeping my name "alive" if you can read it in a picture. I also don't plan to be hanging around the cemetary, as I suspect there will be more interesting things to do, but who knows...
>> M?e?e?s?e??? !iZn5BCIpug
This thread is why /p/ sucks