Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug- I fully agree. Stasys On Nov 28, 2008, at 4:29 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > > Peter Klein wrote: > >> In George's "devil's advocate" post, "A Photo Editor" proposed in his >> blog >> that if Richard Prince can't get away with copying Sam Abell's >> photo--in >> its entirety, and claiming it as a new work--then none of us can >> photograph >> anything containing any other image or logo. In other words, unless >> we >> allow blunt-force plagiarism, no derivations are possible. >> >> Sorry, that's absurd. Again, it comes down to that "new matter" >> phrase I >> mentioned in a previous post. It's the difference between a simple >> copy, >> and using something as an element in a larger work. Consider this >> photo of >> mine: >> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/Spyglass.htm >> >> Clearly, I've used another photograph as an element of the piece. The >> advertisement on the left is part of a big poster for a new condos >> that >> were being built on the street. It's on a high ridge that has good >> views >> both east and west. To the left, out of view of the crop, is a mirror >> image of what you see. Here's the original scene before cropping: >> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/L1003004OrigView.jpg >> >> The ad says: "You have mountain view in two directions from this >> building, >> wouldn't you just love to live here?." My picture, which uses only >> half >> the ad, says something entirely different--"Big Sister is watching >> you." I >> believe I created a whimsical juxtaposition that was also a wry >> comment on >> life post-9/11. So there is substantial "new matter" in my photo. >> >> I wouldn't dream of simply copying the original advertisement and >> passing >> it off as my own. But of course, Richard Prince is a Great Artist, >> and I'm not. > > I suppose Richard Prince can get away with is because he's boldly > defining a new kind of art: Plagiarism Art. If this is what it takes > to be an Artist I'm very happy to be something else. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >