Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> want to help. In my opinion, that is why Steve McCurry > photographed her to > begin with - not for any future profit he might make. He has been very > lucky, realizes it, and wants to pay back for what he has received. That > is why he searched her out to find out if he could help her and her > family. He could accepted the profits and forgotten about her, > but he didn't. > > Tina > Tina, I would doubt if McCurry has seen much profit from the picture of the girl - most NG assignments require that copyright is transferred to them for any images actually used in the magazine from the assignment (thought the photographer generally retains a right to use the image in their own books, retrospectives etc). Anything outside the final select remains copyright to the photographer! Though it could be different in this case. tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html