Hey there,
well as been said it's not illegal. However it's not really appropriate in a lot of times. Mostly due to shock/trauma of the victims. There's a lot of emotion evolved and often the victims aren't really helped by some guy/girl taking pictures of them while they are that emotional.
About 8 years back my uncle got a heart-attack during a family-reunion at a local recreational area. Some random other family began to take photos of the scene. It was really emotional, especially surrounded by the entire family and it didn't look good. When the other family started to make pictures my nephew totally freaked out. I could hold him so he didn't go berserk against them, but when it would happen these days...I'm not sure if I could again []
What I try to say is: yes the family had the right to shoot pictures, but in my opinion it was very inappropriate and causing even more drama than already was present. Of course this was more than just a head-tail collapse with cars, but still you shouldn't underestimate peoples emotions. So be careful with that.
Big point 2: the type of photography you're describing is the type of photography that have made some photographers really famous. One case: war-photography...my opinion: sometimes even they seem very unethical and sometimes I get the idea that a good shot is more worth to them than helping the people out. I know they have every right to shoot some photos, but in my understanding they sometimes take advantage of someone's problems and I personally could never do that kind of thing. It's a media-thing...sometimes I appreciate what they do and sometimes I'm thinking get your nose out of private matters...
In the end.... I'm not saying that you can't take photos of such a scene!! I'm just saying: be careful with what you do...
Originally Posted by czeano
At least that's the best order of things you should have done![Y]
Jan
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