Recently I took a trip to the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago with my class. It was by far the best exhibition I have seen there. It was an exhibition celebrating the museum's 40th anniversary, showcasing everyone's work that has been shown there from the past 40 years. Some names included Joel Meyerowitz, Sally Mann, and Dorothea Lange. Being that close to works by famous photographers was what felt like an honor. This exhibit is up until April 10th. If you are in the area, I highly suggest you go see it.
Museum of Contemporary Photography at 40
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Controversial Project Viewed at Chicago Gallery
Today I made a trip to Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. While viewing the work, I came across a project by Carson Davis Brown, called Ctrl+ P. Right away that raised a red flag. These images are taken from the internet and printed and stuck on a gallery wall with prices ranging from $175- $3000.
Now the real concerning thing about this is, is it an infringement of copyright? In the statement explaining the project, it says that these images were taken from the internet and used for this show.....so does that mean that there was no permission granted from the original photographer for Carson Davis Brown to use this work for his own show???
If this is the case, wouldn't this be considered copyright infringement?
Unless the original photographer did not copyright their images.
Now if it turns out that Carson Davis Brown did get permission from the original photographers, it may be nice if he would have acknowledged them.
Controversy #1.
The next controversial thing about this project is the photographs with brand names in them such as
008, 2014
044, 2014
062, 2014
064, 2014
Would Carson Davis Brown need permission from those name brand companies to put these in a show?
Would the original photographers need permission from those name brands to put those images on the internet?
Controversy #2.
This perhaps is the most controversial parts of photography. If you are going to take someone else's work, how are you going to make it your own so that it isn't so much of a copyright infringement?
Below you can view and read more about Carson Davis Brown's project Ctrl+P.
Ctrl + P Web Page
Now the real concerning thing about this is, is it an infringement of copyright? In the statement explaining the project, it says that these images were taken from the internet and used for this show.....so does that mean that there was no permission granted from the original photographer for Carson Davis Brown to use this work for his own show???
If this is the case, wouldn't this be considered copyright infringement?
Unless the original photographer did not copyright their images.
Now if it turns out that Carson Davis Brown did get permission from the original photographers, it may be nice if he would have acknowledged them.
Controversy #1.
The next controversial thing about this project is the photographs with brand names in them such as
008, 2014
044, 2014
062, 2014
064, 2014
Would Carson Davis Brown need permission from those name brand companies to put these in a show?
Would the original photographers need permission from those name brands to put those images on the internet?
Controversy #2.
This perhaps is the most controversial parts of photography. If you are going to take someone else's work, how are you going to make it your own so that it isn't so much of a copyright infringement?
Below you can view and read more about Carson Davis Brown's project Ctrl+P.
Ctrl + P Web Page
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
A Little Bit of Inspiration
As most of you know, I'm currently working on putting together a recipe book of family recipes. As part of this process, it is required that my class and I research photographers that are working (or had worked) on a project that is similar to our own projects.
As I was compiling a list of photographers, I came across a Chicago food photographer named Stephen Hamilton. I was immediately drawn to his work and how similar our techniques are. Hamilton looks as though he is more about the detail of the food that he is photographing than about the surrounding area of the food. This idea is really what I was going for with my recipe book. Because I am creating a recipe book, I want to capture the details of the food, not an entire place setting, (although some may disagree).
Here is the list of photographers that I created and a link to their websites:
1. Stephen Hamilton
http://stephenhamilton.com/
2. Laurie Proffitt
http://www.proffittphoto.com/
3. Jason Robert Scott
http://www.jasonrobertscott.com/
4. Brian Wetzstein
http://brianwetzstein.com/
5. Scott Payne
http://scottpayne.com/
As I was compiling a list of photographers, I came across a Chicago food photographer named Stephen Hamilton. I was immediately drawn to his work and how similar our techniques are. Hamilton looks as though he is more about the detail of the food that he is photographing than about the surrounding area of the food. This idea is really what I was going for with my recipe book. Because I am creating a recipe book, I want to capture the details of the food, not an entire place setting, (although some may disagree).
Here is the list of photographers that I created and a link to their websites:
1. Stephen Hamilton
http://stephenhamilton.com/
2. Laurie Proffitt
http://www.proffittphoto.com/
3. Jason Robert Scott
http://www.jasonrobertscott.com/
4. Brian Wetzstein
http://brianwetzstein.com/
5. Scott Payne
http://scottpayne.com/
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