http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:05:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html/comment-page-1#comment-5288 Alyson B. Stanfield Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:31:35 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html#comment-5288 Sarah: Walter is correct that for educational purposes, it is fine. However, I'm not so sure that everything that predates the latest copyright law is in the public domain. I think some artist trusts (e.g. Andy Warhol) and artist families are going back through and copyrighting much of their stuff. Walter: Oh no! We have Joe 6-pack, Joe the Plumber, and now Joe the Artist?! I think it's more commonly written like this: "Walter Hawn after Dali." Sarah: Walter is correct that for educational purposes, it is fine. However, I’m not so sure that everything that predates the latest copyright law is in the public domain. I think some artist trusts (e.g. Andy Warhol) and artist families are going back through and copyrighting much of their stuff. Walter: Oh no! We have Joe 6-pack, Joe the Plumber, and now Joe the Artist?! I think it’s more commonly written like this: “Walter Hawn after Dali.”

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html/comment-page-1#comment-5287 LoPressionism Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:14:58 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html#comment-5287 I think you have an amazing blog! I am an art consultant and I only wish more consultants would read your posts. I have also started my own blog and was wondering if you would be interested in a link exchange with my blog and/or gallery website. You blog is an amazing resource for anyone in the art industry. I think you have an amazing blog! I am an art consultant and I only wish more consultants would read your posts. I have also started my own blog and was wondering if you would be interested in a link exchange with my blog and/or gallery website. You blog is an amazing resource for anyone in the art industry.

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html/comment-page-1#comment-5286 Sari Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:34:04 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html#comment-5286 ...years ago a council of artists in Canada were in an uproar because Robert Bateman openly copied from his own photographs of wildlife...it was decided he should be referred to as a " naturalist " rather than as an " artist " ...I cannot find the citation online because it was before the internet, but the method of working directly from photos, even your own, has many question marks, in many realms , for many...(if anyone finds the article, do tell...) …years ago a council of artists in Canada were in an uproar because Robert Bateman openly copied from his own photographs of wildlife…it was decided he should be referred to as a ” naturalist ” rather than as an ” artist ” …I cannot find the citation online because it was before the internet, but the method of working directly from photos, even your own, has many question marks, in many realms , for many…(if anyone finds the article, do tell…)

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html/comment-page-1#comment-5285 Bobby Mookini Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:28:20 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html#comment-5285 Plenty of artist use photographs as inspiration and even use the source...think Andy Warhol made a career out of this. For me personally I find it a much more rewarding experience recording from life. What we see with our eyes first hand is far different than what any lens can capture. Art derived from photographs tends to have a static feel to it. BobbyM Plenty of artist use photographs as inspiration and even use the source…think Andy Warhol made a career out of this. For me personally I find it a much more rewarding experience recording from life. What we see with our eyes first hand is far different than what any lens can capture. Art derived from photographs tends to have a static feel to it. BobbyM

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html/comment-page-1#comment-5284 Walter Hawn Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:46:03 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html#comment-5284 To answer Sarah: Copying of a work protected by copyright for educational or personal purposes is not a violation. That means a student can copy and exhibit a work with no penalty. It could even become part of a museum retrospective, but not offered for sale. Any sale or public display of the copy for other than educational purposes could be a violation. This would apply mostly to stuff produced in this and approximately the last third of the last century. Prior to that, most visual works were not protected in the United States, and of those that were, a good many have since become part of the public domain. Anything older than 100 years is almost certainly public domain. In any event, it seems to me always ethically correct to credit the original artist: "Joe the Artist, from Dali," would be one way. To answer Sarah: Copying of a work protected by copyright for educational or personal purposes is not a violation. That means a student can copy and exhibit a work with no penalty. It could even become part of a museum retrospective, but not offered for sale. Any sale or public display of the copy for other than educational purposes could be a violation. This would apply mostly to stuff produced in this and approximately the last third of the last century. Prior to that, most visual works were not protected in the United States, and of those that were, a good many have since become part of the public domain. Anything older than 100 years is almost certainly public domain. In any event, it seems to me always ethically correct to credit the original artist: “Joe the Artist, from Dali,” would be one way.

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html/comment-page-1#comment-5283 Sarah Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:06:08 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/10/ethics-and-using-other-people%e2%80%99s-photographs.html#comment-5283 How would this apply to art students who are instructed to study and even copy the Masters in order to learn more about themselves and their own art? How would this apply to art students who are instructed to study and even copy the Masters in order to learn more about themselves and their own art?

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