I saw a photo of a pile of rubble with a broken child's wheelchair on top of it. Now, there's no way that wheelchair got there on it's own and frankly there's no way someone sat in it could get it up there. It was placed there deliberately, 'posed' for the photograph.

So would asking a soldier to pose at his checkpoint with a rifle raised be ok? Asking a grieving woman to show the camera the passport of her dead husband be ok? Where is the line drawn between this is ok but that isn't?

The notion that war photojournalism is entirely passive isn't true, and nor should it be.

Simple, it just isn't. None of it. Just stand there and take the photo of what's happening. Be an observer. That's a really easy line to stick to.

I think it should. It should be reportage, not editorial. If you have to 'dress up' the conflict to make your photos seem powerful a) You're overstating &distorting the events that happened which is not 'journalism' as it should be and/or b) You're not a good enough photographer.

The images of war will speak for themselves, saying whatever they need to say. An unadulterated photo tells the truth. We have the right to expect the truth from the people who are there to show us what is happening in places like Gaza.

However, your presence with a camera will affect how people around you react. You become part of the situation - people either will interact with you to show you something, or they'll try and ignore you with no regard for you being there. Some might actively send you away in a variety of ways. Some might involve guns.

Any item of information is relayed via a medium, whether it's your mate in the pub or a screed of text in a publication. All of it is subject to the whims of our own internal editors before it even reaches an outlet. Simply by choosing your frame, or by selecting which images you present you are already presenting a version of the truth. There is no absolute truth in photography, just what someone wants us to see, and we put our trust in them to present their version of the truth - much like any other journalist might do.

That doesn't give you the right to manipulate the image you're taking as you wish to fit an agenda. That's not journalism.

Oh I agree - at the end of the day there's always the choice to take a photo or not take a photo. However a photograph, as long as we trust it to not have been manipulated, is an objective recording of a moment in time the way a retold story or written word simply is not. To say that because all photographs involve some level of subjectivity - possibly at a very metaphorical level - any manipulation of any photograph is acceptable is a spurious argument. It's like saying that because we can't ever remember all the exact details of any given situation therefore outright lying about that situation is fine. "What is truth?" has never been an argument anybody honest has ever had to try.

The job of the photojournalist is to relay by images the truth of the situation in which they are placed. Not to decide what they think about the situation they are in and then manipulate the image to attempt to convince the viewer to share that opinion. Arguably, there is a place for photographs that do that but I would say they should be in art galleries, not on the front page of newspapers.

This place gets more retarded by the day

How will it operate?
· Entry will always be possible while the parking areas are open for use.
· Exiting will be unhindered between 06.00 - 10.00 hrs Monday to Saturday. However to exit the car parks after 10.00hrs all users will require an Exit pass or to ‘Pay to Exit’.

(For a limited number of events special and Open Events free exit will be provided for all)

How do I get an ‘Exit pass’?
Individual Parking Permit holders, staff or students will automatically be provided with an Exit pass facility linked to their ID card and in line with their Parking Permit i.e. termly or of annual duration, if they have bought their Permit by Friday 26th September 2014.

After that date an Exit pass facility will be linked to their ID card by the end of the working day following the day the application for a Parking Permit is made.

Car Share permit holders will be provided with one separate Exit pass per pair or group of sharers. This will not be linked to their ID cards. The Estates Office will issue an Exit pass for each pair or group of sharers to use.
(Reminder: Car sharers will be entitled to park in a ‘car share concession parking bay’ only when they are sharing i.e. have 1 or more passenger. They will not be entitled to park in a ‘car share concession parking bay’ on days they do not share. The use of concession bays will be regularly monitored and reviewed as necessary.)

Staff and students who do not have a Permit, casual users and visitors will pay cash to exit. The charge will be a flat rate of £1 per stay to exit after 10.00hrs when the car parks are open for use.

What will the controls be like?
To enter - You will enter the car park through an ‘entry lane’. There will be two entrances; one from Long Road roundabout and one as the roadway enters our car parks from the Brixham Road entrance.
You will pass over speed reduction humps and ‘flow plates’ to control the flow of traffic.

To exit – If you have a Permit then just touch your ID card/Exit pass to the contact plate on the Exit Station to raise the barrier. If you don’t have a Permit then pay £1 to exit at the Exit Station. Special concessions can be provided with a day ticket which can only be used once.

An audio link is available at the barrier to ask advice or summon assistance if you have a problem.

This place gets more retarded by the day