ABSTRACT

In June 2020, representatives of eight photography organizations addressed ongoing challenges to the industry by introducing the “Photo Bill of Rights,” asserting “the rights of all lens-based workers and defining actions that build a safer, healthier, more inclusive, and transparent industry.” The bill centers what “lens-based workers” are owed by the media organizations that employ them. This study analyzes the bill’s contents and the explicit and implicit values within it, finding that the bill presents a normative view of the work environment lens-based workers should expect as a baseline. In so doing, the bill connects what lens-based workers owe their respective publics to what their employers owe those same workers. The bill highlights the enabling environment that these workers need to satisfy their obligations to the public. The bill reminds employers of their duty to create an equitable environment that can enable the fulfillment of public responsibility.

摘要

2020 年 6 月，八个摄影组织的代表通过引入“照片权利法案”来应对行业面临的持续挑战，主张“所有以镜头为基础的工人的权利，并确定建立更安全、更健康、更具包容性和透明性的行动”行业。” 该法案集中了“基于镜头的工人”的欠款由雇用他们的媒体组织。本研究分析了该法案的内容以及其中的显性和隐含价值，发现该法案提出了以镜头为基础的工人应该期望作为基线的工作环境的规范性观点。通过这样做，该法案将基于镜头的工人欠其各自公众的东西与他们的雇主欠这些工人的东西联系起来。该法案强调了这些工人履行对公众的义务所需的有利环境。该法案提醒雇主他们有责任创造一个能够履行公共责任的公平环境。