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Moral Dilemma

by Open-Publishing - Tuesday 1 November 2005
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Governments Catastrophes USA

Tricky one...
So where do you stand morally?
This test only has one question, but it’s a very important one.
By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally.
The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision.

Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous.
Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration to each line.
THE SITUATION
You are in New Orleans to be specific.
There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding.

This is a flood of biblical proportions.

You are photo journalist working for a major newspaper, and you’re caught in the middle of this epic disaster.

The situation is nearly hopeless.

You’re trying to shoot career-making photos.

There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.

Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury.
THE TEST
Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris.

You move closer.
Somehow the man looks familiar.
You suddenly realize who it is.
It’s the President, George W. Bush.

At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever.
You have two options- you can save the life of the President, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world’s most famous men.

THE QUESTION

Here’s the question, and please give an honest answer.......

Would you select high contrast colour film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white ?

Forum posts

  • Hey! thats a tricky one. But I think, in all seriousness, the situation calls for drastic heroic action rather than photographic options.

    I would try to get hold of a long pole or plank, and stretching to extend it as far as possible out to the floundering president, forcibly bring it down with as much venom as I could muster upon his head.

  • I love the whole piece,because it’s too good
    I do however want to say if this really were the case I would pray "Please let there be someone else closer to me to save!"And I dont mean another Bush