Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, Very good snaps, the first I like the best http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/Spyglass.htm Saludos cordiales Lluis El 29/11/2008, a las 1:07, Peter Klein escribi?: > 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. > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information