On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> >> >> On 1/20/2012 15:52, Bob W wrote: >>>> >>>> I'd say that it's right up there with cat photos. >>>> >>> >>> Black& white cats painted ginger, perhaps. >> >> ohoh, you've been looking at graphic arts gallery. >> http://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/3346046_7HfWvF/1/1158685402_HS4MX/Medium >> >> But it is not only from a photo of mine but it's my kitty cat... >> And I DID do it just for the money -- ain't got much yet but it >> has sold as a mug and a magnet so far - that I can remember. >> >>> larry wrote: >>>> Seriously a lot of the same arguments against coloring photos could be >>>> made against photos as art, rather than painting. >>>> Did Dylan get upset when the Byrds or Hendrix did better versions of >>>> his songs? >>> Bob W replied >>> This is a false analogy because songs are about performance, whereas >>> documentary photography is not. >> >> Indeed >>> >>> >>> I think this coloured photo thing is very skillful technically, but >>> pointless and uninteresting. >> >> I don't know personally if it is difficult or easy to do but I don't >> like that she did it. And to use that Vietname shooting shot for >> "art",not to mention the burning monk - well that is pretty hard >> to deal with and not right. >>> >>> I don't have any issues with the ethics of it any more than I do with >>> Duchamp drawing a moustache and goatee on the Mona Lisa, provided that >>> copyright etc. are respected. >>> >>> B >> >> The copyright issue certianly would trouble me. > > > But this work has been very public. If there were copyright issues, they > would surely have surfaced by now. I would guess that either the copyrights > have expired or the lady has obtained permission to use the images. > > Paul
My biggest issue is that she didn't release her images into the public domain as well. She instead stuck a nice copyright image over all her derivative works. It's her right to do so but It still leave a bad taste in my mouth. -Adam -- http://www.mountainfort.com/ -- 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.
