Update: After receiving numerous comments, Matty Healy has credited the photographer on Instagram and updated the caption to “Edit: I lost the debate.”

The “rules” and ethics of crediting photographers have been a never-ending debate. The same question is always asked: should artists credit photographers for pictures of themselves?

The 1975’s Matty Healy recently shared a photo of himself via Instagram accompanied by a comment asking his followers for their opinion on this debate. The replies were flooded with the opinions of artists, fans and photographers taking on both sides of the debate.

“What’s happened here is someone has come to where I am (my show), taken a picture of me – as many people do – and then gone to use that picture, my image and likeness, to promote and further his career as a photographer,” Healy wrote in the comment of his Instagram post. He continues, “But it’s a photo of me. This exchange that we are talking about from my end has already taken place. I’ve done my part as it’s not a picture of a table or a pond, it’s a picture of me as for the photographer I’m doing something of interest.”

A screenshot of Healy’s comment is below.

In addition to Instagram, Several photographers took to Twitter to weigh in on the debate. Below are a few tweets in response to Healy.

He’s actually doing everything in his power to piss me off I swear. Credit ur fucking photographers especially if ur a big name!!! U could be someone’s big break you could kickstart their career get your head out of your tight arse pretentious wanker honestly pic.twitter.com/xzELvm2gv9 — Ren (@buckmayn) July 9, 2019

matty healy can kiss my photographer ass he’s just an entitled dick — kee ⎊ 52 (@tourdemorph) July 10, 2019

I love Matty Healy and he’s always stood for great causes but DAMN this is so ass-backwards. I don’t care who you are, credit your fucking photographers. Small or big. People put in so much time + effort into their photos and this is incredibly disrespectful. 😡 https://t.co/rhzBcsSjnB — alyssa 🌻 (@VivaLaAla) July 9, 2019

Here at noisetrend we make an effort to tag and mention photographers across all platforms. We believe all photographers should be credited for their effort on traveling to shows, learning their craft and the work it takes to capture and edit content. What are your thoughts on this debate? Let us know in the comments below or via our social networks.