On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On 1/20/2012 15:52, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> I'd say that it's right up there with cat photos. >>> >> >> Black& white cats painted ginger, perhaps. > > ohoh, you've been looking at graphic arts gallery. > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/3346046_7HfWvF/1/1158685402_HS4MX/Medium > > But it is not only from a photo of mine but it's my kitty cat... > And I DID do it just for the money -- ain't got much yet but it > has sold as a mug and a magnet so far - that I can remember. > >> larry wrote: >>> Seriously a lot of the same arguments against coloring photos could be >>> made against photos as art, rather than painting. >>> Did Dylan get upset when the Byrds or Hendrix did better versions of >>> his songs? >> Bob W replied >> This is a false analogy because songs are about performance, whereas >> documentary photography is not. > > Indeed >> >> >> I think this coloured photo thing is very skillful technically, but >> pointless and uninteresting. > > I don't know personally if it is difficult or easy to do but I don't > like that she did it. And to use that Vietname shooting shot for > "art",not to mention the burning monk - well that is pretty hard > to deal with and not right. >> >> I don't have any issues with the ethics of it any more than I do with >> Duchamp drawing a moustache and goatee on the Mona Lisa, provided that >> copyright etc. are respected. >> >> B > > The copyright issue certianly would trouble me.
But this work has been very public. If there were copyright issues, they would surely have surfaced by now. I would guess that either the copyrights have expired or the lady has obtained permission to use the images. Paul > > ann > > > >>> Ann Sanfedele<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/19/2012 23:38, Kenneth Waller wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What's next? Will she produce B&W images from someones color prints? >>>>> >>>>> Seems wrong to me. she should go out and produce some original work >>>> of her own ! >>>> >>>> I think I'm in this camp too... Remember the film colorization mess a >>>> few years back?? >>>> >>>> I think it's fine for people to hand tint their _own_ photos, but >>>> no matter how skilled she is at doing these they are iconic news >>>> photos and it seems so unnecessary. Especially when most of thes >>>> photos >>>> were produced when color photography existed. And before that, there >>>> were paintings in color... bringing the color into bW photos for a >>>> documentary purpose alone, hmm, maybe ok... but this is art for arts >>>> sake it seems, and not her own, as Ken said. I just can't wrap by old >>>> brain around this. >>>> >>>> I think I saw some of her work at the Met recently and it pissed me >>> off >>>> >>>> then, too. >>>> >>>> ann >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
