[Drew.]

Originally Posted by Zee

You know, looking at photos like that, it makes you really detest the paparazzi. This man has just lost his legs, his life has been changed forever, a catastrophe has just affected hundreds of innocent people and there's some bloody person with a camera taking pictures of what is likely to be the worst day of your life. I'm a bit disgusted. On the other hand, this photo could go on to become very famous, possibly benefiting the guy who's lost his legs... but he didn't choose to have his photo taken...

i think the real benefit from the photos is the hope that at least one of them will give evidence into catching whoever did this

[Z]

Originally Posted by Drew.

i think the real benefit from the photos is the hope that at least one of them will give evidence into catching whoever did this

But they would have done that without the photo too. I think photos like that one just feed our desire to see and know everything, even if it's a bit morbid in this instance. It's nothing new, ever since photography was invented, people have been taking photos of things that perhaps the world didn't need to see. There's no doubt that photos like that one make things more 'real' to the rest of the world... you're not going to forget seeing a photo like that one in a hurry - hearing about a guy who ran over to help another guy is one thing, but to see him holding this man's artery shut is on a whole different emotional level.

It's nothing against this specific photo per se, it's more the paparazzi in general. It's kinda grotesque, but having said that, I'm happily looking at these kinds of images too so I guess that's why they're published. People want to see these things, even if they don't think they want to. That's the media's motto.