Welcome to the Photography Ethics Centre

At the Photography Ethics Centre, we believe that photography is powerful. 

Photographs shape how we see, understand and engage with the world.  From photojournalism to social media advertising, images contribute to a visual ecosystem, and have an impact on photographers, the people they photograph and those who encounter their images.

We advocate for a principles-based approach to ethics, supporting individuals to identify the principles that are most important for their practice, rather pushing forward a list of rules or guidelines.

We work across all genres of photography - including (but not limited to) documentary, humanitarian, travel, commercial, and fine art - with people who work with images such as photographers, photo editors, curators, marketers, archivists, and researchers.

Our mission is to educate, facilitate, and advocate for policy and practice in photography.

We are focused specifically on the ethics of photorealistic visual media. This includes things like photographs, film and video, and AI-generated images.