Eleven videos.  What happens to the photographer, after the photograph? What happens to our memory of an difficult image? C an an image remain long after it has been deleted?

Tony Zumbado of NBC will not forget the images he recorded in New Orleans. Never.  He was paid to do his professional job.  We too record images every day, but what happens if we record something personal, tragic, exploitative, profound?  What do we do with that image?  Do we sell it to the highest bidder?  Do we delete it out of respect for the subject?  Do we share?

Question: Would you want to be photographed during your time of greatest vulnerability?

The problem is not about our ability to capture endless photos - rather it is about our lack of ethical respect for the inherent power of a recording camera.  So, the question remains: Can we delete difficult images from our memories?  And it not: Should we take fewer photographs until we can more fully answer that question?

Consider visual literacy and grow better media communication.