VII photographer Ron Haviv shoots campaign for Lockheed Martin

[James Helmer]

Thought I would post this...

Duckrabbit_Ron Haviv

Although I do not agree with the direct correlation to the death of Namir Noor-Eldeen and his driver, I can understand the direction the article is taking by its discussion. As I come from a business background, my photography as always been based on a business mind set and as such can certainly understand shooting for a corporate client makes total sense and do not fault anyone for making such a decision. However, should a person such as Ron Haviv, with such a high profile in the industry not have been more selective in the decision to shoot a campaign for such a corporate client? Does VII not have a certain responsibility to uphold its values as such a high profile agency? Does it matter?

Your comments and thoughts?

[Kenneth Armstrong]

Ron Haviv has clarified the image use on his blog and it sounds reasonable to me.

http://ronhaviv.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/ron-haviv-response/

[Graeme Roy]

I find it interesting that he allows the manipulation of his images when bought as stock, expensive stock I'm sure, but still....to allow your name to be still be attached at a fake image contrived for advertising, and for an obviously contentious client on top of it, strikes me as odd.