Ethics
source for both images: Souvid Datta (top) Mary Ellen Mark (bottom) Yes these two images have similar features. One of them is the original. The other plagarized. The story of Souvid Datta and this controversy was originally one that started off with something not related to plagiarism at all. He had first been in hot water for using an image of a child sex trafficking victim to promote a photo contest . The level of absolute callousness you need to have to photograph a child being sexually abused is baffling. I couldn't get through parts of the article. But considering the depth of that situation, the sensitivity of the subject and the obvious fact that I don't even want to bring more attention to something so heinous, I'll bring the attention back to his plagiarism controversy. Basically, Datta decided to pluck the woman from Mary's photo and put her in his own . He even named her Asma, to give himself a little more credibility that his subjects were ...
