Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/18
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Oh, c'mon! There's no shame in this, no prostitution. I think the
original writer used the word "sacrilegious." Give me a break! No
one is "Butchering Eisenstaedt." His pictures, like those of Adams
and Cartier-Bresson and other great photographers are reproduced in
books and hung in museums and always can be. That one of them gets
used in an advertisement (as, for example, we've all seen the "Mona
Lisa" used) may be tasteless, but so what? Life's often tasteless,
and business and advertising have nothing to do with art. It's not
as if the sole, existing print of this photograph had been defaced.
Ted even wrote of being offended, but certainly no offense was ever
intended, and none need be taken. Life's too short!
Art Peterson
Alexandria, VA
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off-Topic: Butchering Eisenstaedt
Author: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
Date: 7/17/98 8:05 PM
At 02:34 PM 7/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Could it be that whoever owns the rights to that photo gave permission?
>Or is it possible that Dell's agency simply "borrowed" it? I'd be very
>interested to know if anyone on the LUG knows.
Oh great, now LIFE magazine is prostituting Eisie! Will the shame never end?
Eric Welch