On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > The very nature of performing arts means that works are often interpreted by > someone other than the writer/composer. The performers are artists in their > own rights. Works are interpreted and presented from the unique perspective > of the performer(s). > > The visual arts are such that a finished work is presented to the viewer. > Yes, that work can be later modified or re-interpreted by the artist but that > (in my eyes) is a new work. > > So she takes the work of others and re-interprets them. She is very skillful > at what she does. That's about all I get from this. I don't know whether it's > art or not; I guess that's not even a pertinent question. > > Is it wrong? Assuming all copyright laws are complied with, I don't think so. > However I still don't feel good about it. It's kind of like drawing a > moustache on the Mona Lisa: It may be art but I don't have to like it.
Agreed. No one has to like it or feel good about it. But it's not wrong or immoral. > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> > Sent: January 20, 2012 1/20/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: So wrong > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 07:55 , Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >>> I don't know, but it would seem there are copyright issues in what she's >>> doing. >> >> I doubt it. I would assume either she has permission or the copyrights have >> expired. She's doing it very publicly. And very well IMO. Quite Obviously, a >> lot of skill and artistic ability is required to achieve the results she's >> accomplished. I applaud that. > > On "Shorpy.com" there are a few members who regularly colorize the presented > B&W images that are culled from the Library of Congress's publicly available > collections. Some even compete for best rendering. I have no problem with > that at all. They are no longer hunched over a pinned down print with their > tubes of Marshall Transparent Oils and a selection of fine sable brushes for > the detail work. > > The colorized versions that are posted bring to life the rather ho-hum images > that display life in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century when > color film rose to consumer usage. I find some of the works delightful. > > Most of the images are from collections donated to the Library, or shot for > the WPA and other government projects. As such they are in the public domain. > Once available only by entering the LOC and perusing their catalog, they are > now available to all in super sized HD scans from 4x5 to (commonly early > images) 8 x 10 glass negatives. You ain't seen a pano until you've seen > beautifully stitched images from 8 x 10 glass negs. > > Getting these images digitized and "out there" to nuts like me who save some > or all of the Shorpy presented images builds multi backed up records of days > long gone. A percentage of the negatives are being eaten by mold, and could > not be preserved if it weren't for scanning and public display. > > >> I think we sometimes get caught up in a contemporary pretension that applies >> some kind of arbitrary judgement to creative endeavors. Whether the lady's >> work is fine art or not is not for me to judge. But it's certainly artful, >> and it's most certainly not "wrong." > > My feelings exactly Paul. > > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > http://gallery.me.com/jomac > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
