If a plane's gonna crash, I want to be there to take a picture of it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker wants to be present at a plane crash to photograph it, showing a morbid fascination with disaster.
- In plain terms
- I’d like to photograph a plane crash.
- What can you take from it?
- Some people are drawn to dramatic, tragic events.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What motivates people to seek out disaster scenes?
- When is it acceptable to document tragedy?
Another view
Seeking spectacle in tragedy can be ethically problematic.
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